“Shoes on your hands”: perceptions of alcohol among young adolescents in Norway

Socio-Ecological Influences on Adolescent (Aged 10–17) Alcohol Use and Unhealthy Eating Behaviours: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of Qualitative Studies

“…I dunno ”) [89]. Young people were also criticized for intoxication and drunken behavior [54,64,85,91,92,93]. Excess drinking was defined by one young person as “… about you getting high, about you getting drunk, about you not being able to control yourself, about you not knowing, about you not being able to decide on your own.…”

“…Excess drinking was defined by one young person as “… about you getting high, about you getting drunk, about you not being able to control yourself, about you not knowing, about you not being able to decide on your own. About you doing stupid things and being different from how you really are, also about you feeling bad the day after ” [91]. Acting out and becoming sick was not appreciated by peers, especially when at house parties (“ you don’t want them inside while they become sick ”) [64].…”

“…And if he starts, like, to drink, then he might influence a lot of other people. Because they want to be in his group ”) [91].…”

Monitoring young lifestyles (MyLife) - a prospective longitudinal quantitative and qualitative study of youth development and substance use in Norway

“…These research challenges and the resulting knowledge gaps are especially evident in Norway, where substance use remains a significant public health issue and policy priority 37. While numerous Norwegian cross-sectional reports examined various aspects of early substance use,38–46 such studies could not fully address the key questions of causal pathways and intraindividual developments over time. A handful of notable longitudinal reports also remain somewhat limited: even though they are based on large, well-established prospective cohorts (eg, the Young in Norway Longitudinal Study47 or the Tracking Opportunities and Problems Study48) these projects were not established with the specific purpose of investigating early substance use.…”

“…These questions will be examined both quantitatively (ie, examination of adolescents’ repeated surveys, parental surveys and various administrative data sources) and qualitatively (ie, examination of adolescents’ repeated individual and group-based interviews using thematic content and narrative analyses). Further, we aim to both quantitatively and qualitatively explore numerous understudied and emerging questions, including the problematic use of social media and video games,49–52 the role of alcohol and drug use opportunities,39 42 53 putative gender, ethnic and socioeconomic variations and differences,15 54 55 resilient outcomes in face of multiple risk factors41 and shifting cultural norms and behaviours surrounding early substance use 45 56–59. Finally, a wider range of research questions and outcomes extending beyond adolescence can eventually be addressed through various secondary projects and the planned individual-level linkages of quantitative data with other administrative and health data sources readily available in Norway 60.…”