The increased trend of non-drinking alcohol among adolescents: what role do internet activities have?

Larm, Peter; Raninen, Jonas; Åslund, Cecilia; Svensson, Johan; Nilsson, Kent W.

doi:10.1093/eurpub/cky168

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“…It has been suggested that the rise in time spent on using information and communication technologies is important in this regard, as adolescents have become too busy with their media pursuits at the expense of activities, such as substance use, that typically occur in face-to-face social interactions [7,10]. However, the extant body of research does not support this assumption [19,33], and a possible role of the use of digital media in this regard may be complex [1].…”

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Decline in adolescent drinking: Some possible explanations

Rossow

Pape

Torgersen

2020

Drug and Alcohol Review

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Introduction and Aims Adolescent drinking has decreased in numerous high‐income countries in the 2000s, and how to explain this downward trend is far from clear. Focussing on the decline in drinking to intoxication among youth in Norway, we examined the following potential explanatory factors: family/home‐based and peer‐oriented leisure‐time activities, perceived parental drinking, drug substitution, school conscientiousness and delinquency. Design and Methods Data stemmed from cross‐sectional surveys of adolescents aged 13–17 years in the four largest cities in Norway in 2002 (n = 1204) and in 2013/2015 (n = 31 441). We examined the extent to which the decline in intoxication prevalence was attributable to the possible explanatory variables using logistic regression analysis. Results The proportion reporting any past‐year intoxication episodes dropped markedly from 2002 (41%) to 2013/2015 (22%). Family/home‐oriented leisure‐time activities and school conscientiousness increased, whereas hanging out with friends in the evening and delinquent behaviours decreased. These factors together accounted for 43% of this decline. Decrease in going out with friends was the most important factor. We found no empirical support for assumptions that perceived parental drinking or drug substitution had contributed to the decrease in drinking to intoxication. Discussion and Conclusions Since the millennium shift, urban adolescents in Norway have become more home‐, family‐ and school‐oriented, and less involved in unsupervised socialising with peers and delinquency. These changes may have contributed to some of the reduction in the prevalence of intoxication in this population group.

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Decline in adolescent drinking: Some possible explanations

Rossow

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Torgersen

2020

Drug and Alcohol Review

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“…To our knowledge, only one study has explored the role of online activities on declining adolescent alcohol use (Larm, Raninen, Åslund, Svensson, & Nilsson, 2018). This Swedish study's comparisons between individual survey years pointed in diverse directions: no association between time spent on computers and non-drinking; a positive association between increased social media communication and decreased probability of non-drinking;…”

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Long waves of consumption or a unique social generation? Exploring recent declines in youth drinking

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Livingston

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Addiction Research & Theory

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“…Of 7927 unique studies, 79 (1%) met our inclusion criteria (Aboujaoude et al, 2015;Banjanin et al, 2015;Banyai et al, 2017;Barry et al, 2017;Best et al, 2014Best et al, , 2015Booker et al, 2018;Bourgeois et al, 2014;Boyle et al, 2016;Brunborg et al, 2017;Burnette et al, 2017;Colder Carras et al, 2017;Critchlow et al, 2019;Cross et al, 2015;Curtis et al, 2018;de Lenne et al, 2018;de Vries et al, 2016;Erfani and Abedin, 2018;Erreygers et al, 2018;Fahy et al, 2016;Ferguson et al, 2014;Fisher et al, 2016;Foerster and Roosli, 2017;Foody et al, 2017;Fredrick and Demaray, 2018;Beullens, 2017, 2018;Hamm et al, 2015;Hanprathet et al, 2015;Harbard et al, 2016;Hase et al, 2015;Holfeld and Mishna, 2019;Houghton et al, 2018;Jafarpour et al, 2017;John et al, 2018;Kim et al, 2019;Kim, 2017;Koo et al, 2015;Lai et al, 2018;Larm et al, 2017Larm et al, , 2019…”

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Social Media Use and Mental Health and Well-Being Among Adolescents – A Scoping Review

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Introduction: Social media has become an integrated part of daily life, with an estimated 3 billion social media users worldwide. Adolescents and young adults are the most active users of social media. Research on social media has grown rapidly, with the potential association of social media use and mental health and well-being becoming a polarized and much-studied subject. The current body of knowledge on this theme is complex and difficult-to-follow. The current paper presents a scoping review of the published literature in the research field of social media use and its association with mental health and well-being among adolescents. Methods and Analysis: First, relevant databases were searched for eligible studies with a vast range of relevant search terms for social media use and mental health and well-being over the past five years. Identified studies were screened thoroughly and included or excluded based on prior established criteria. Data from the included studies were extracted and summarized according to the previously published study protocol. Results: Among the 79 studies that met our inclusion criteria, the vast majority (94%) were quantitative, with a cross-sectional design (57%) being the most common study design. Several studies focused on different aspects of mental health, with depression (29%) being the most studied aspect. Almost half of the included studies focused on use of non-specified social network sites (43%). Of specified social media, Facebook (39%) was the most studied social network site. The most used approach to measuring social media use was frequency and duration (56%). Participants of both genders were included in most studies (92%) but seldom examined as an explanatory variable. 77% of the included studies had social media use as the independent variable. Conclusion: The findings from the current scoping review revealed that about 3/4 of the included studies focused on social media and some aspect of pathology. Focus on the potential association between social media use and positive outcomes seems to be rarer in the current literature. Amongst the included studies, few separated between different forms of (inter)actions on social media, which are likely to be differentially associated with mental health and well-being outcomes.

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The increased trend of non-drinking alcohol among adolescents: what role do internet activities have?

Cited by 37 publications

References 24 publications

Decline in adolescent drinking: Some possible explanations

Decline in adolescent drinking: Some possible explanations

Long waves of consumption or a unique social generation? Exploring recent declines in youth drinking

Social Media Use and Mental Health and Well-Being Among Adolescents – A Scoping Review

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