This objective was achieved through several analytical processes, and in the first step, the data were statistically described with a primary focus on gender and income differences. In the second step, the main part of the research was carried out, which evaluated the effects of perceived stress on depressive disorder and subsequently the effects of this disorder on alcohol use disorder. The specificity of the research lies in the sample, which was characterized by distance education (study at home using information and communication technologies) during a pandemic associated with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), i.e., the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
