Revisión sistemática de las variables psicológicas inflexibilidad psicológica, ansiedad y depresión asociadas al consumo de alcohol en estudiantes universitarios

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Abstract: Objective: Analyze the scientific evidence in the last three years on the psychological inflexibility, anxiety and depression associated with the consumption of alcohol in university students. Methodology: a search was carried out in the Scopus database for the years 2018-2020 combining the keywords: college students" AND ((alcohol AND AUDIT) AND (anxiety AND depression) OR ("psychological inflexibility")), included selection criteria such as the language of publication in English and other than systematic reviews (SR) or meta-analyzes. Results: 73 articles were found, 68 measured alcohol consumption through the AUDIT, 1 measured psychological inflexibility (PI) through the AAQ -II and 11 articles measure anxiety-depression using the PHQ-4. Discussion: In one SR (2003-2014) the risk consumption was higher with a prevalence of 62.8%-84%. Another SR showed similar data with 7 articles q mention the prevalence of depression. PI is considered as a transdiagnostic dimension associated with the mentioned variables. Conclusions: The high prevalence of alcohol consumption in university students and the presence of levels of anxiety-depression are highlighted. The importance of investigating the PI construct in depth is mentioned.