Young people and drinking in Italy: the good side of familism

Rolando, Sara; Beccaria, Franca

doi:10.1080/1354571x.2017.1409539

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“…Indeed, cultural models (in terms of shared representations about a phenomenon) may orient attitudes, interactions, and practices that are socially accepted within a specific context ( Caputo, 2013a ). For instance, the relevance of perceived social approval found in the current study seems to be consistent with previous cross-cultural research ( Petrilli, Beccaria, Prina, & Rolando, 2014 ; Rolando & Beccaria, 2018 ), highlighting the role of social values that emphasise family ties and the sharing of informal norms in the Italian alcohol socialization process. As well, the strong predictive role of positive attitudes appears in line with the reduced stigmatisation of drinking among Italian young people ( Petrilli et al, 2014 ; Rolando, Beccaria, Tigerstedt, & Törrönen, 2012 ), that is typical of Mediterranean countries where alcohol is used predominantly for nutrition ( Savic, Room, Mugavin, Pennay, & Livingston, 2016 ).…”

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“…As well, the strong predictive role of positive attitudes appears in line with the reduced stigmatisation of drinking among Italian young people ( Petrilli et al, 2014 ; Rolando, Beccaria, Tigerstedt, & Törrönen, 2012 ), that is typical of Mediterranean countries where alcohol is used predominantly for nutrition ( Savic, Room, Mugavin, Pennay, & Livingston, 2016 ). Then, the hypothesised volitional nature of actual alcohol use in our sample seems consistent with the negative attitude towards alcohol intoxication found among adolescents in Italy, compared to the USA and northern Europe ( Rolando & Beccaria, 2018 ; Savic et al, 2016 ). Indeed, Italian adolescents are generally more conscious about possible risks of drinking ( Rolando & Beccaria, 2018 ; Savic et al, 2016 ) and, accordingly, drunkenness may be viewed as the result of a voluntary decision.…”

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Comparing theoretical models for the understanding of health-risk behaviour: Towards an integrative model of adolescent alcohol consumption

Caputo

2020

Eur. J. Psychol.

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The aim of the present manuscript is to test and compare the theory of reasoned action (TRA), theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and prototype-willingness model (PWM) in predicting risky alcohol consumption among adolescents and to build an integrative model to get a more comprehensive understanding of such risky behaviour. A total sample of 518 adolescents (55% females; 13-19 aged) recruited from Italian schools (7th to 12th grade) participated in a cross-sectional research study and completed an online questionnaire. Risky alcohol use assessed through the AUDIT-C was the dependent variable; whereas, variables from the TRA, TPB, and PWM (i.e. attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, intention, prototype favourability and similarity, and willingness to alcohol use) were used as predictors. Data were analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM). The findings show that the integrative model had greater explanatory power and provided a better fit to the data, compared to the TRA, TPB, and PWM, indicating attitudes and subjective norms as the best predictors. In conclusion, perceived social approval from significant others and the volitional component have a central role in understanding adolescents’ alcohol consumption.

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Comparing theoretical models for the understanding of health-risk behaviour: Towards an integrative model of adolescent alcohol consumption

Caputo

2020

Eur. J. Psychol.

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“…Results of qualitative cross‐cultural studies comparing Italy to Nordic countries (i.e. Finland, Sweden) (Rolando & Beccaria, ) suggest that Italy is a paradigmatic example of the non‐intoxication oriented drinking culture: socialisation into alcohol often occurs early in life and in the family setting (Rolando, Beccaria, Tigerstedt, & Törrönen, ), alcohol use is relatively integrated into everyday life (e.g. to enhance enjoyment of food), and there is a negative stigma attached to drunkenness (Aresi & Pedersen, ; Beccaria, ; Piumatti, Lietz, Aresi, & Bjegovic‐Mikanovic, ).…”

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A Mixed Methods Cross‐Cultural Study to Compare Youth Drinking Cultures in Italy and the USA

Aresi

Cleveland

Vieno

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Applied Psych Health & Well

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Aims To compare the drinking cultures of youth in the USA and in Italy. Method Sequential explanatory mixed method design. Phase 1: Multigroup latent class analysis was used to identify subgroups of drinkers from samples of 424 (61.3% female) Italian and 323 American college students (57.3% female). Phase 2: Focus group interviews with 41 Italian and 47 American youth were used to collect narratives on features of the two drinking cultures. Results Four partially invariant subgroups of drinkers were found. Most participants (>75%) in both countries concentrated drinking during weekends. Overall, US drinkers displayed greater probabilities to report risky drinking behaviors and experience negative consequences as compared to comparable subgroups of Italian drinkers. Discrepancies in terms of socialisation processes during childhood (i.e. permissiveness) and underlying cultural assumptions with regard to alcohol consumption (i.e. purposes of alcohol use) may explain differences in how alcohol is used in the two countries. Conclusions Findings suggest that there are crucial differences in societal schema of beliefs, informal social norms, practices, and values attached to alcoholic beverages across the USA and Italy. These results demonstrate the need for culturally tailored alcohol preventive interventions and clinical practice targeted to young people that capitalise on such differences.

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“…The only slight difference found in our analysis concerns how women and men explained why it is necessary not to lose control when drinking: while women stated that drunkenness is unacceptable because it causes problems for friends, men saw hangovers as the main problem with drunkenness. Both genders and all age groups had a very similar understanding of where the boundaries between acceptable and unacceptable drunkenness lie: excessive drinking is acceptable for young people but not for adults, for whom drunkenness signifies immaturity and experimentation ( Rolando et al, 2014 ; Rolando & Beccaria, 2018 ).…”

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The gendered relationship with drunkenness among different generations in Mediterranean and Nordic countries

Rolando¹,

Törrönen

Beccaria³

2020

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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The study adopts a qualitative comparative approach to better understand how different dimensions affect social norms regulating alcohol consumption. Female and male attitudes towards drunkenness were analysed on the basis of data from 27 focus groups involving a total of 166 participants from Italy, Finland and Sweden, grouped by age cohort (17–20 and 50–65 years) and educational level. Results suggest that gendered drinking norms may be affected more by the drinking culture than by the degree of gender equality, thus providing a possible explanation of why gender differences in drinking are not always consistent with broader gender inequalities.

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Young people and drinking in Italy: the good side of familism

Cited by 10 publications

References 48 publications

Comparing theoretical models for the understanding of health-risk behaviour: Towards an integrative model of adolescent alcohol consumption

Comparing theoretical models for the understanding of health-risk behaviour: Towards an integrative model of adolescent alcohol consumption

A Mixed Methods Cross‐Cultural Study to Compare Youth Drinking Cultures in Italy and the USA

The gendered relationship with drunkenness among different generations in Mediterranean and Nordic countries

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