Book Introduction: Young Adult Drinking Styles

Conroy, Dominic; Measham, Fiona

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-28607-1_1

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“…This was also noted by Charlotte, 43, who found online interactions could lack some of the usual ‘rules’ of communication, with a lack of clarity about whose ‘turn’ it was to speak. In this sense, the collective consumption of alcohol could provide a way of smoothing over features of imperfect internet-mediated communication and creating a sense of connection and intimacy ( Conroy & MacLean, 2019 ; Nicholls, 2020 ; Niland, Lyons, Goodwin, & Hutton, 2013 ) during unusual or unfamiliar social contexts. Alcohol was also something recognisable as symbolically shared during internet-mediated encounters.…”

Section: An Altered Symbolism Around Alcohol During and Post-pandemicmentioning

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Possibilities and pitfalls? Moderate drinking and alcohol abstinence at home since the COVID-19 lockdown

Nicholls

Conroy

2021

International Journal of Drug Policy

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Section: An Altered Symbolism Around Alcohol During and Post-pandemicmentioning

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Possibilities and pitfalls? Moderate drinking and alcohol abstinence at home since the COVID-19 lockdown

Nicholls

Conroy

2021

International Journal of Drug Policy

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“…older adults, by and large, will have more responsibility and commitments (e.g. children and mortgages), while younger adults may face more social pressures to consume alcohol ( Conroy and Measham, 2019 ) and often report social motives for drinking ( Kuntsche et al. 2005 ; Cooper et al.…”

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Individualized treatment effects of a digital alcohol intervention and their associations with participant characteristics and engagement

Crawford,

Collier,

Bendtsen

2024

Alcohol and Alcoholism

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Aims Conditional average treatment effects are often reported in intervention studies, in which assumptions are made regarding how effects are similar across a heterogeneous sample. Nonetheless, differing factors, such as genetics, age, and sex, can impact an intervention’s effect on outcomes. The study aimed to estimate the individualized effects of a digital alcohol intervention among individuals looking online to reduce their drinking. Methods We used data from a randomized controlled trial (RCT), including 2129 adults from the Swedish general population. The RCT concerned a text message-based alcohol intervention that sought to engender change through increasing knowledge on how to change and instilling confidence in changing behaviour. Outcomes were total weekly alcohol consumption and monthly heavy episodic drinking. Individualized treatment effects were modelled using baseline characteristics (age, gender, alcohol consumption, and psychosocial variables) and engagement with the intervention content. Results We found evidence that the effects of the digital alcohol intervention were heterogeneous concerning participants’ age, baseline alcohol consumption, confidence, and importance. For heavy episodic drinking, there was evidence that effects were heterogeneous concerning age, sex, and baseline alcohol consumption. Overall, women, older individuals, and heavier drinkers benefitted more from the intervention in terms of effect size. In addition, participants who engaged more with the goal-setting and screening content reported better outcomes. Conclusions The results highlight how different individuals respond differently to a digital alcohol intervention. This allows insight into who benefits the most and least from the intervention and highlights the potential merit of designing interventions adapted to different individuals’ needs.

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“…These previous analyses focused on media representation of alcohol use across populations, rather than by young people, and all rely on data that are at least a decade old. Interestingly, there has been relative inattention to the portrayal of young people and alcohol in newspapers, despite the commonplace problematisation of young people's drinking in public discourse more generally (Conroy & Measham, 2019). An earlier analysis of young people and 'binge drinking' articles from the New York Times andWashington Post (1978-1996) reported an increase over time in attention to young people's binge drinking (Yanovitzky & Stryker, 2001).…”

Section: Previous Newspaper Analyses On Alcoholmentioning

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Examining trends in the representation of young people and alcohol in Australian newspapers over twenty years (2000–2019)

Pennay

Cook

MacLean

et al. 2022

International Journal of Drug Policy

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Book Introduction: Young Adult Drinking Styles

Cited by 6 publications

References 20 publications

Possibilities and pitfalls? Moderate drinking and alcohol abstinence at home since the COVID-19 lockdown

Possibilities and pitfalls? Moderate drinking and alcohol abstinence at home since the COVID-19 lockdown

Individualized treatment effects of a digital alcohol intervention and their associations with participant characteristics and engagement

Examining trends in the representation of young people and alcohol in Australian newspapers over twenty years (2000–2019)

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