My friends, I'm #SOTALLYTOBER: A longitudinal examination of college students' drinking, friends' approval of drinking, and Facebook alcohol-related posts.
Social media
alcohol
college students
peer influences
Journal
Digital health
ISSN: 2055-2076
Titre abrégé: Digit Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101690863
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
18
09
2018
accepted:
28
03
2019
entrez:
21
5
2019
pubmed:
21
5
2019
medline:
21
5
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Literature has consistently shown a positive relationship between young adults' social media alcohol-related posts and drinking outcomes; however, the reasons for this association and the psychosocial influences behind students' posting of alcohol-related content are still unclear. Peer influences have been robustly shown to predict students' drinking such that students' perceptions of their friends' drinking is positively associated with their own drinking. Although research has demonstrated that online and offline peer influences are robust predictors of drinking among college students, perceptions of friends' approval and students' drinking in relation to alcohol-related posting have yet to be explored longitudinally. The current multi-site, multi-method study examined students ( After controlling for perceptions of friends' alcohol-related posts, results revealed that time, drinking more, and perceiving friends as more approving of drinking were significantly and positively associated with posting alcohol-related content at the between-person level. Moreover, a significant interaction of Time X Drinking, with drinking at the between-person level, emerged such that heavier drinkers tended to post less often over time. Increases in alcohol-related content posts are likely to over-inflate students' drinking norms and their drinking. Thus, it is plausible that social media networks containing more alcohol-related content may contribute to cyclical increases in drinking for individuals within that network.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Literature has consistently shown a positive relationship between young adults' social media alcohol-related posts and drinking outcomes; however, the reasons for this association and the psychosocial influences behind students' posting of alcohol-related content are still unclear. Peer influences have been robustly shown to predict students' drinking such that students' perceptions of their friends' drinking is positively associated with their own drinking.
OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
Although research has demonstrated that online and offline peer influences are robust predictors of drinking among college students, perceptions of friends' approval and students' drinking in relation to alcohol-related posting have yet to be explored longitudinally.
METHODS
METHODS
The current multi-site, multi-method study examined students (
RESULTS
RESULTS
After controlling for perceptions of friends' alcohol-related posts, results revealed that time, drinking more, and perceiving friends as more approving of drinking were significantly and positively associated with posting alcohol-related content at the between-person level. Moreover, a significant interaction of Time X Drinking, with drinking at the between-person level, emerged such that heavier drinkers tended to post less often over time.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Increases in alcohol-related content posts are likely to over-inflate students' drinking norms and their drinking. Thus, it is plausible that social media networks containing more alcohol-related content may contribute to cyclical increases in drinking for individuals within that network.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31105968
doi: 10.1177/2055207619845449
pii: 10.1177_2055207619845449
pmc: PMC6505233
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2055207619845449Subventions
Organisme : NIAAA NIH HHS
ID : K99 AA025394
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIAAA NIH HHS
ID : R00 AA025394
Pays : United States
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