Temporal, Sex-Specific, Social Media-Based Alcohol Influences during the Transition to College

Davis, Jordan P.; Christie, Nina C.; Lee, Daniel; Saba, Shaddy; Ring, Colin; Boyle, Sarah; Pedersen, Eric R.; LaBrie, Joseph W.

doi:10.1080/10826084.2021.1914106

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“…One study included in this review followed adolescents aged 12 until they were young adults aged 22 (3% of the articles included). Longitudinal associations (examined in 50% of the articles included in this review) are similar with greater baseline exposure associated with increased alcohol use 6 weeks (Davis et al, 2021), 6 months later (Boyle et al, 2016) or 12 months later (Erevik, Torsheim, Andreassen, et al, 2017) among college students. In Erevik, Torsheim, Andreassen, et al (2017), associations between exposure, own sharing, and use 12 months later persisted across five separate models with varying numbers of covariates included (i.e., no covariates, and covariates in the domains of demographics and personality, social media use, baseline alcohol use, alcohol-related cognitions).…”

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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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Section: Part I: Nonspecific Content Exposurementioning

confidence: 84%

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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“…The systematic review identified four prospective cohort studies that investigated the link between self‐posting of alcohol‐related content on SNS and current average consumption [37, 39, 50, 51]. A meta‐analysis was unable to be conducted due to non‐comparable effect estimates between studies.…”

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“…The majority of studies identified were from the United States and Australia (Tables 1-2). Of the studies assessing exposure to alcoholrelated content on SNS, eight were prospective cohort studies [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] and nine were cross-sectional studies [40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]. Of the studies exploring self-posting of alcohol-related content on SNS, five were prospective cohort [37,39,[49][50][51] and 14 [40,41,43,48,[52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61] were cross-sectional designs.…”

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A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the relationship between youth drinking, self‐posting of alcohol use and other social media engagement (2012–21)

Cheng,

Lim,

Rutherford

et al. 2023

Addiction

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Background and aimSocial networking sites (SNS) are interactive internet‐based social platforms that facilitate information sharing. A growing body of literature on exposure to, and self‐posting of, alcohol‐related content on SNS has examined the relationship between SNS use and alcohol consumption in young people. This study aims to synthesise the literature exploring the relationship between exposure (i.e. viewing or listening of alcohol‐related media) and self‐posting (i.e. uploading images or text of alcohol content) of alcohol‐related media on SNS on alcohol consumption.MethodsA pre‐registered systematic review was conducted in June 2022 within PubMed, Scopus, PsycINFO and Web of Science. Original prospective and cross‐sectional studies assessing youth and young adults (≤ 24 years of age) that measured exposure to alcohol‐related media or posting of alcohol‐related content on SNS and self‐reported alcohol consumption outcomes were included. Meta‐analyses were conducted on comparable methodologies.ResultsThirty studies were included (n = 19,386). Meta‐analyses of cross‐sectional studies showed both greater exposure (five studies; pooled β = 0.34, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.23, 0.44, i2 = 27.7%) and self‐posting of alcohol‐related content (six studies; pooled β = 0.57, 95%CI = 0.25,0.88, i2 = 97.8%) was associated with greater alcohol consumption. Meta‐analyses of three prospective studies also identified that greater exposure predicted greater future alcohol consumption (three studies; pooled β = 0.13, 95%CI = 0.11,0.15, i2 = 0.0%). Narrative analyses of studies that could not be meta‐analysed due to incompatible methodologies were also conducted. Most studies (all four prospective, one of two cross‐sectional) identified positive associations between exposure to alcohol‐related content and greater average consumption. Most studies (three of four prospective, four of six cross‐sectional) reported a positive association between of alcohol‐related self‐posting and greater average alcohol consumption.ConclusionsBoth exposure to, and self‐posting of, alcohol‐related content on social networking sites are positively associated with current average consumption, problem drinking, and drinking frequency.

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“…Similarly, Davis et al (2021) found perceived peer alcohol content posts to prospectively predict alcohol frequency during the transition to college above and beyond one's own positing of alcohol content. Findings among adolescent samples produce similar conclusions.…”

Section: Perceptions Of Peer Alcohol Content Posting To Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 91%

“…Research with first‐year college students found perceptions of the frequency of peer alcohol content posts during the first 6 weeks of college to prospectively predict alcohol consumption 6 months later (Boyle et al, 2016). Similarly, Davis et al (2021) found perceived peer alcohol content posts to prospectively predict alcohol frequency during the transition to college above and beyond one's own positing of alcohol content. Findings among adolescent samples produce similar conclusions.…”

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confidence: 95%

Adolescent (mis)perceptions of peer alcohol posts on social media: Prospective associations with alcohol attitudes and use

Meisel

Nesi

Janssen

et al. 2022

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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Background Social media is a central context in which teens interact with their peers, creating opportunities for them to view, post, and engage with alcohol content. Because adolescent peer interactions largely occur on social media, perceptions of peer alcohol content posting may act as potent risk factors for adolescent alcohol use. Accordingly, the preregistered aims of this study were to (1) compare perceived friend, typical person, and an adolescent's own posting of alcohol content to social media and (2) examine how these perceptions prospectively relate to alcohol willingness, expectancies, and use after accounting for offline perceived peer alcohol use. Methods This longitudinal study included 435 adolescents (Mage = 16.91) in 11th (48%) and 12th grade (52%). Participants completed measures of alcohol content social media posts, perceived peer alcohol use, willingness to drink alcohol, alcohol expectancies, and alcohol use at two time points, 3 months apart. Results Consistent with preregistered hypotheses, adolescents reported that 60.3% of the typical person their age and 30.6% of their friends post alcohol content on social media. By contrast, only 7% of participants reported that they themselves posted such content to social media. After accounting for offline perceived peer drinking norms, neither perceived friend nor typical person alcohol content social media posts were prospectively associated with willingness to drink or positive or negative alcohol expectancies. Perceived friend alcohol content posts were prospectively positively associated with past 30‐day alcohol consumption even after controlling for offline perceived peer drinking norms. Conclusions Adolescents misperceived the frequency of alcohol‐related posting to social media among their peers, and perceptions of friend alcohol content posts prospectively predicted alcohol use. Given the results from the current study and the ubiquity of social media among adolescents, prevention efforts may benefit from addressing misperceptions of alcohol‐related posting to social media.

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Temporal, Sex-Specific, Social Media-Based Alcohol Influences during the Transition to College

Cited by 7 publications

References 41 publications

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

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

A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the relationship between youth drinking, self‐posting of alcohol use and other social media engagement (2012–21)

Adolescent (mis)perceptions of peer alcohol posts on social media: Prospective associations with alcohol attitudes and use

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