increased trend of non-drinking alcohol among adolescents: what role do internet activities have?
Background Recently, an increased trend toward non-drinking among adolescents has been observed in several countries. The aim of the present study is to evaluate a common suggestion in literature, that adolescents do not drink alcohol because they spend more time on the internet, monitored at home,...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 27 - 33 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Feb2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=134352603&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 134352603 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 11011262 BHW jtl: European Journal of Public Health issn: 11011262 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2019 vid: 29 iid: 1 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 134352603 134352603 134352603 10.1093/eurpub/cky168 134352603 ppf: 27 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: increased trend of non-drinking alcohol among adolescents: what role do internet activities have? aug: au: Larm, Peter Raninen, Jonas Åslund, Cecilia Svensson, Johan Nilsson, Kent W affil: Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, Västmanland County Hospital Västerås, Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Analysis and Method, The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN), Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden sug: subj: Alcohol Drinking Trends Internet Sweden Social Media Video Games Human Adolescence Questionnaires Sweden Time Factors Surveys Odds Ratio Confidence Intervals Male Advertising Drinking Behavior Adolescent: 13-18 years Male ab: Background Recently, an increased trend toward non-drinking among adolescents has been observed in several countries. The aim of the present study is to evaluate a common suggestion in literature, that adolescents do not drink alcohol because they spend more time on the internet, monitored at home, by examining associations between internet activities (social media/chatting and computer gaming) and non-drinking. Methods A health questionnaire was distributed to all 9th graders (15–16 years) in a mid-sized Swedish county in 2008, 2010 and 2012. In total, 7089 students returned the questionnaire. Results In contrast to the suggestion, no association was found between total time spent on computers and non-drinking. Social media/chatting was robustly associated with a decreased probability of non-drinking across the three survey years. On the other hand, computer gaming during weekends only (OR = 1.74, CI = 1.13–2.69) or both on weekdays and weekends increased the probability of non-drinking (OR = 1.82, CI = 1.31–2.54) in 2012 only. However, neither social media/chatting nor computer gaming was associated with the increased trend of non-drinking from 2008 to 2012. Conclusions Internet activities were in general not associated with non-drinking among adolescents aged 15–16 years in Sweden. Although, a weak positive association between computer gaming and non-drinking was found in 2012, this effect benefited the vast majority of the boys. The larger alcohol use among those with extensive social media use/chatting may indicate that these online platforms are arenas where adolescents are exposed for positive alcohol preferences and alcohol advertising without parental supervision. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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