Doing adulthood—doing alcohol: what happens when the ‘sober generation’ grows up?

Månsson, Josefin; Samuelsson, Eva; Törrönen, Jukka

doi:10.1080/13676261.2020.1844173

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“…Our study suggests that when the “sober generation” grows older [ 4 , 10 ], it is likely that many of its members will start to drink, but not necessarily at such a high consumption level as earlier generations. Our analysis proposes multiple reasons for this.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It describes the movement of abstinence from authoritarian-related assemblages to more self-relying assemblages. All these maturing trajectories are related to becoming a controlled, responsible, and adult-like actor [ 4 , 10 ]. In what follows, we present in more detail these trajectories and their actants, assemblages, and chains of translations.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Earlier, there has been a close link between drinking to intoxication among 15-year-olds and the general patterns of drinking to intoxication in the older population [ 3 ]. When youth drinking has decreased so strikingly, it is relevant to ask whether emerging adults’ alcohol habits will be relevant as the “sober generation” grows older [ 4 ]. In this study, we follow a group of Swedish youths over the course of three years to qualitatively explore how their relationship to alcohol changes over time.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Other research, however, proposes that decreased risk-taking such as heavy drinking is rather a sign of increased diversity when engaging in adulthood [ 5 ] or in advanced adulthood, an early maturation of young people [ 13 ]. Today’s youth are expected to be rational, responsible, and actively invested in their studies and work opportunities, building social networks in clubs, sports, and social media to succeed in life [ 4 , 10 ]. To consume alcohol in a moderate or excessive way can be seen as a means to achieve status in some social circles, but considering the high demands of performance in everyday life, drinking to intoxication and losing control is not generally seen as rational behaviour.…”

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Becoming Safe, Legal, Mature, Moderate, and Self-Reflexive: Trajectories of Drinking and Abstinence among Young People

Samuelsson

Törrönen

Månsson

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In recent years, a vast body of research has investigated trends of declining alcohol consumption among youths. However, the extent to which restrictive-youth approaches towards drinking are maintained into adulthood is unclear. The aim of this study is to explore how young people’s relation to alcohol changes over time. Our data are based on longitudinal qualitative in-depth interviews with 28 participants aged 15 to 23 conducted over the course of three years (2017–2019). The study draws on assemblage thinking by analysing to what kinds of heterogeneous elements young people’s drinking and abstinence are related and what kinds of transformations they undergo when they get older. Five trajectories were identified as influential. Alcohol was transformed from unsafe to safe assemblages, from illegal to legal drinking assemblages, from performance-orientated to enjoyment-orientated assemblages, and from immature to mature assemblages. These trajectories moved alcohol consumption towards moderate drinking. Moreover, abstinence was transformed from authoritarian assemblages into self-reflexive assemblages. Self-control, responsibility, and performance orientation were important mediators in all five trajectories. As the sober generation grows older, they will likely start to drink at more moderate levels than previous generations.

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Becoming Safe, Legal, Mature, Moderate, and Self-Reflexive: Trajectories of Drinking and Abstinence among Young People

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Törrönen

Månsson

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“…As a consequence, some authors suggest that alcohol has lost its role in youth culture as a rite of passage ritual or as an identity-forming element of (predominantly) male adolescence [ 14 , 15 ]. In this interpretation, the sober life style among young people seems to reflect a common understanding of legitimate behavior: being moderate, nuanced, and in control [ 16 ]. For this reason, for a project to be successful, it has proven essential for the peers of the target group concerned to be involved in the development of preventive measures.…”

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Alcohol and Cigarette Use among Adolescents and Young Adults in Austria from 2004–2020: Patterns of Change and Associations with Socioeconomic Variables

Strizek

Uhl

Schaub

et al. 2021

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Background: Adolescents and young adults are a crucial target group for preventing harm related to substance use. Recently, declining alcohol and tobacco consumption in young people has been observed in many countries. Based on survey data from 2004 to 2020, we describe time trends for several subgroups of adolescents and young adults (based on consumption levels and socioeconomic variables) and analyze associations between the level of alcohol per capita consumption or daily smoking and socioeconomic variables. Methods: Time trends for males and females are analyzed by a two-way ANOVA and predictors of use by using multivariate regression and logistic regression. Results: Alcohol per capita consumption decreased significantly for both sexes in the 16-year period, with male and female consumption levels converging. Daily smoking was equally prevalent for young males and females and decreased to a similar degree for both sexes. Being male and living in rural areas are associated with a higher level of alcohol consumption. Daily smoking is associated with a low level of education and is more prevalent among young adults who have already started to work. Conclusions: The decline in alcohol use and daily smoking among adolescents and young adults is taking place simultaneously. However, higher levels of alcohol consumption and daily smoking occur in different groups of adolescents and young adults, which should be considered in prevention strategies.

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Risk, Control and Hyper-Moderate Drinking Amongst Generation Z

Yeomans

Fenton

Burgess

2022

Alcohol, Age, Generation and the Life Course

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Doing adulthood—doing alcohol: what happens when the ‘sober generation’ grows up?

Cited by 17 publications

References 42 publications

Becoming Safe, Legal, Mature, Moderate, and Self-Reflexive: Trajectories of Drinking and Abstinence among Young People

Becoming Safe, Legal, Mature, Moderate, and Self-Reflexive: Trajectories of Drinking and Abstinence among Young People

Alcohol and Cigarette Use among Adolescents and Young Adults in Austria from 2004–2020: Patterns of Change and Associations with Socioeconomic Variables

Risk, Control and Hyper-Moderate Drinking Amongst Generation Z

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