Like to drink: Dynamics of liking alcohol posts and effects on alcohol use

Kurten, Sebastian; Vanherle, Robyn; Beullens, Kathleen; Gebhard, Winnie; Putte, Bas van den; Hendriks, Hanneke

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2021.107145

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“…Fourth, whether participants shared or viewed alcohol content was dichotomously assessed. Findings from previous studies have revealed that the frequency of sharing or exposure (e.g., Boyle et al, 2016; Erevik et al, 2017) and how engaged participants were with the content (e.g., liking; Kurten et al, 2022) are also associated with alcohol use but have not been explored using social network approaches.…”

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The association between social network members sharing alcohol‐related social media content and alcohol outcomes among college student drinkers

Strowger

Braitman

Barnett

2022

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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Background: College-aged young adults (e.g., 18 to 29-year-olds) use social media more than any other age group. An emerging body of literature shows that higher exposure to alcohol-related social media content is associated with greater alcohol consumption among college students. However, most studies assess exposure to peer drinking on social media using global measures, rather than measuring the exposure to alcohol-related posts of identified specific close peers. We examined whether having a higher proportion of important peers (i.e., social network members) who post alcohol-related social media content is associated with greater alcohol consumption and alcohol-related consequences. We also investigated the extent to which the qualities of network members who share alcohol-related content are associated with participants' alcohol outcomes.Methods: Participants were 130 college students (86.2% female, 56.9% White) with an average age of 23.39 years (SD = 5.63) who had consumed at least one alcoholic drink in the past week. Participants completed measures of their social media use, alcohol consumption, alcohol-related consequences, and characteristics of important peers in their social network, including their alcohol-related social media posting.Results: Having a higher proportion of social network members who post alcoholrelated social media content was positively related to participants' drinks per week and peak number of drinks. Higher network proportions of drinking buddies posting alcohol-related content were also associated with a greater frequency of alcohol use.Having a higher proportion of friends who post alcohol content and from whom the participants seek advice was linked to more alcohol-related consequences. Conclusions:Having more important peers who post alcohol-related content on social media is associated with alcohol outcomes among college students. Harm-reduction focused alcohol interventions delivered on college campuses that incorporate information about the influence of viewing and sharing alcohol-related content could help to reduce alcohol consumption and alcohol-related consequences among students.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The association between social network members sharing alcohol‐related social media content and alcohol outcomes among college student drinkers

Strowger

Braitman

Barnett

2022

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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“…This reflects the overlap between adolescents’ offline and online communication, that is, SNSs are the extension of adolescents’ offline communication in cyberspace [ 16 ]. From the perspective of feedbackers, unlike the one-way output of tobacco and alcohol information in traditional media [ 19 ], adolescents also have two-way interactions with tobacco and alcohol information on SNSs [ 30 , 33 ], through features such as likes, comments, and reposts. This further affects the clustering algorithm and personalization algorithm of SNSs to recommend tobacco and alcohol information for adolescents [ 12 ].…”

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“…Furthermore, adolescents will actively browse and respond to SNS tobacco and alcohol information. This is to express that they have the same attitude as their deviant peers [ 33 ] and to fit into the group of their deviant peers [ 33 ]. Empirical research showed that deviant peers are associated with SNS tobacco and alcohol information exposure [ 9 , 26 , 34 ].…”

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Deviant Peer Affiliation and Adolescent Tobacco and Alcohol Use: The Roles of Tobacco and Alcohol Information Exposure on Social Networking Sites and Digital Literacy

Yao

Duan

Sun

et al. 2022

Behavioral Sciences

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Due to the prevalence and severe harm of adolescent tobacco and alcohol use, researchers have been paying attention to its influencing factors. From the perspective of the ecological techno-subsystem theory, this study aimed to examine the correlations between deviant peer affiliation, tobacco and alcohol information exposure on social networking sites (SNSs), and adolescent tobacco and alcohol use, as well as the potential protective role of digital literacy. In total, 725 adolescents were recruited to participate in this study. The results showed that deviant peer affiliation was positively associated with adolescent tobacco and alcohol use, SNS tobacco and alcohol information exposure mediated this association, and digital literacy moderated the relationship between SNS information exposure and tobacco and alcohol use. Specifically, the association between SNS tobacco and alcohol information exposure and adolescent tobacco and alcohol use was weaker for those with high digital literacy. These findings not only explore the combined effects of offline and online risk factors but also provide guides for preventing adolescents’ tobacco and alcohol use by cultivating and enhancing digital literacy.

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“…Higher exposure was also associated with greater drinking frequency 4 months later among adolescents (Geber et al, 2021). When using a daily diary design, researchers found that college students who were exposed more frequently to and engaged with (e.g., liking) alcohol content drank more often and a larger quantity of alcoholic drinks on the same day (Hendriks et al, 2021; Kurten et al, 2022). Knowing the relationship between exposure and misuse persists over time is valuable but is not enough information to help researchers tailor existing alcohol interventions to improve their efficacy.…”

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Using social network methodology to examine the effects of exposure to alcohol-related social media content on alcohol use: A critical review.

Strowger¹,

Braitman²

2023

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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Peer social influence is a robust predictor of problematic drinking among young adults and adolescents; it is typically assessed by collecting nonspecific social network information (i.e., behaviors of peers globally) or specific social network information (i.e., behaviors of named friends). Socialization happens both in-person and online through social media. Exposure to alcohol-related social media content is consistently related to alcohol consumption in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies alike. Previous research has often not focused on who specifically is sharing the alcohol-related social media content with most examining effects of exposure to content posted by nonspecific network members (e.g., peers, friends) and individual alcohol consumption. The purpose of the current critical review is to describe how exposure to alcohol-related social media content is commonly measured and how including a specific social network assessment may explain more variance in alcohol use. The review found inconsistencies in the reference groups used when assessing frequency of exposure and found that specific modalities of content exposure were often not assessed. Of the 30 published studies reviewed, 15 used cross-sectional designs, which is regrettable considering that the composition of adolescent and young adult peer groups have been found to change over time possibly affecting the content viewed. Understanding factors which affect the relationship between exposure to alcohol-related social media content and individual alcohol use has implications for tailoring drinking interventions to address the unique social influence of social media content. Gaps in the literature are summarized and future directions for research are discussed.

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Like to drink: Dynamics of liking alcohol posts and effects on alcohol use

Cited by 11 publications

References 44 publications

The association between social network members sharing alcohol‐related social media content and alcohol outcomes among college student drinkers

The association between social network members sharing alcohol‐related social media content and alcohol outcomes among college student drinkers

Deviant Peer Affiliation and Adolescent Tobacco and Alcohol Use: The Roles of Tobacco and Alcohol Information Exposure on Social Networking Sites and Digital Literacy

Using social network methodology to examine the effects of exposure to alcohol-related social media content on alcohol use: A critical review.

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