Adolescents' understandings of binge drinking in Southern and Northern European contexts – cultural variations of ‘controlled loss of control’

Katainen, Anu; Rolando, Sara

doi:10.1080/13676261.2014.933200

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“…Hence, agency and independence was not demonstrated by drinking alcohol, but by acknowledging that adolescents (including themselves) were better off avoiding alcohol. Self-control is an important factor in considering when (and for whom) drinking is considered acceptable (Katainen & Rolando 2015). By actively excluding themselves from the group of competent drinkers, the young adolescents came across as mature and responsible (Fine 2004).…”

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“…Norwegian 12-13 years old were particularly critical towards adolescents who drank, but also towards drunkenness in general. The difference between adolescents and adults was the most important classificatory schema when the young adolescents struggled to understand and make sense of alcohol use (see also Beccaria & Sande 2003;Katainen & Rolando 2015;Rolando, Törrönen & Beccaria 2014). Adults were seen as competent to drink, while adolescents were described as opposing formal and informal drinking norms and developing a dangerous youthful drinking culture.…”

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Social identity and alcohol in young adolescence: the perceived difference between youthful and adult drinking

Bakken

Sandøy

Sandberg

2017

Journal of Youth Studies

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This paper examines the evolving social identities of young adolescents in regard to alcohol and drinking culture in Norway. Detailed analysis of 29 focus group interviews and 32 individual interviews with 12-13-year-olds reveal a thorough negative attitude towards alcohol, especially when enjoyed by young people. Young adolescents found young people to be too irresponsible and immature to drink, while adults were portrayed as capable of enjoying alcohol without losing control or experiencing other negative effects. Through symbolic boundary work, they distanced themselves from adolescents who drank. The young adolescents rejected the idea that drinking alcohol was a sign of maturity; instead, they exhibited maturity by distancing themselves from drunk adolescents. We discuss how these findings reflect the participants' socio-cognitive development, and how symbolic boundaries are often drawn against those closest in social distance. We conclude that boundaries between 'adolescents' and 'adults' are fundamental when understanding emerging adolescent social identities, especially when it comes to drinking and drinking culture.

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Social identity and alcohol in young adolescence: the perceived difference between youthful and adult drinking

Bakken

Sandøy

Sandberg

2017

Journal of Youth Studies

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“…Although occasionally suppressed by more dominant friends, less confident participants may not have participated in the research otherwise. When researching young people's alcohol consumption practices, the presence of adults may restrict young people from speaking about their experiences and thoughts surrounding drinking (Katainen and Rolando, 2015). Recognising the 'otherness' (see Jones, 2008) of participants younger than herself, the first author also employed peer interviews.…”

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Researching drinking “with” young people: a palette of methods

Wilkinson

2018

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Researching drinking "with" young people: a palette of methods http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/11695/ Article LJMU has developed LJMU Research Online for users to access the research output of the University more effectively. AbstractPurpose This paper outlines a study characterised by 'pockets' of co-production and argues for the benefits of offering young people a palette of interdisciplinary methods to 'opt into', giving participants the opportunity to discuss their drinking practices and experiences 'on their own terms'.Design/methodology/approach 40 young people, aged 15-24, from the suburban case study locations of Chorlton and Wythenshawe, Manchester, UK, were recruited for multi-stage qualitative research.Participants were presented with a suite of both long-standing and innovative methods that they could 'opt into', including: interviews, peer interviews, diaries, mobile phone interviews text messaging and participant observation. FindingsThis paper shows that both long-standing and innovative methods have their own individual strengths for researching into young people's alcohol consumption practices and experiences.Yet, each of the methods utilised in this study also had specific drawbacks for researching substance use. Offering a palette of methods for participants to 'opt into' was thus beneficial in: offsetting the weaknesses of other methods; triangulating the study findings; and enabling participants to communicate with the researcher in culturally credible ways. Originality/valueBy offering an honest account about the successes and failures of deploying a range of methods when exploring young people's drinking practices and experiences, this paper is valuable for researchers in, and beyond, the field of substance use, seeking to broaden their methodological toolkit.

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“…The accounts of drinking offered by the participantsin which they described organising their alcohol consumption around other commitments, primarily work, health and financial resourcesechoed the forms of 'calculated hedonism' or 'controlled loss of control' described in the existing literature (Katainen and Rolando, 2014;Measham and Brain, 2005;Moore, 2010;Szmigin et al, 2008). However, analysing sessional drinking through the frame of 'calculated hedonism' leaves unexamined important aspects such as affect, embodiment and the processual nature of alcohol consumption.…”

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Playing hard: Young men’s experiences of drinking in inner-city Melbourne

Murphy

Wilson

Moore

2016

Journal of Sociology

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In recent years, the concept of 'calculated hedonism' has dominated sociological understandings of young people's drinking practices. However, while contributing some important insights, this conceptualisation has not sufficiently considered the affective and embodied aspects of alcohol consumption. Our analysis explores the meanings and understandings of alcohol consumption among male participants in an eighteen-month study of young adults living in inner-city Melbourne. Data were collected via in-depth, semi-structured interviews and participant observation during drinking events. We draw on Roger Caillois' notion of 'play' to analyse sessional drinking among these men. The four categories of play identified by Calloiscompetition, chance, simulation and vertigowere all present in the accounts of these men's drinking practices. This analysis offers a way of conceptualising men's alcohol consumption in more nuanced ways that acknowledge the affective and embodied aspects of drinking as part of pleasure-seeking.

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Adolescents' understandings of binge drinking in Southern and Northern European contexts – cultural variations of ‘controlled loss of control’

Cited by 28 publications

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Social identity and alcohol in young adolescence: the perceived difference between youthful and adult drinking

Social identity and alcohol in young adolescence: the perceived difference between youthful and adult drinking

Researching drinking “with” young people: a palette of methods

Playing hard: Young men’s experiences of drinking in inner-city Melbourne

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