with and without a history of AUD. Using information from earlier (pre-pandemic) data collections, we further categorized individuals as having had no prior history of AUD pre-pandemic, having been symptomatic of AUD pre-pandemic, having been in remission from AUD but drinking pre-pandemic, or having been in remission from AUD and abstinent pre-pandemic. Gender differences in the associations of COVID-19-related stressors and coping activities with changes in drunkenness frequency were also examined. An exploratory aim was to examine the roles that polygenic risk for problematic alcohol use [36] and neural connectivity (i.e., posterior alpha EEG interhemispheric coherence) played as moderators of these associations.
