Eighteen and celebrating: birthday cards and drinking culture

Loughran, Hilda

doi:10.1080/13676261003801721

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“…Research has identified cultural and normative influences on young people to celebrate birthdays, particularly milestone birthdays (e.g. 18th and 21 st ), with excessive alcohol consumption [ 49 – 51 ]. Such notions could be challenged with increased public awareness and public health campaigns depicting healthier fun alternatives.…”

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Beliefs underlying Women’s intentions to consume alcohol

2016

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BackgroundChanging trends demonstrate that women, in a number of economically-developed countries, are drinking at higher levels than ever before. Exploring key targets for intervention, this study examined the extent to which underlying beliefs in relation to alcohol consumption predicted intentions to drink in three different ways (i.e. low risk drinking, frequent drinking and binge drinking).MethodsUtilizing a prospective design survey, women (N = 1069), aged 18–87 years, completed a questionnaire measuring their beliefs and intentions regarding alcohol consumption. Then, two weeks later, 845 of the original sample, completed a follow-up questionnaire reporting their engagement in the drinking behaviors. A mixed design ANOVA was conducted to examine potential differences between women of different age groups (18–24, 25–34, 35–44, 45–54, 55 years and above) and their intentions to engage in the three different drinking behaviors. Based upon The Theory of Planned Behavior, critical beliefs analyses were carried out to identify key determinants underlying intentions to engage in the three different drinking behaviors.ResultsSignificant effects of age were found in relation to frequent and binge drinking. The critical beliefs analyses revealed that a number of behavioral, control and normative beliefs were significant predictors of intentions. These beliefs varied according to age group and drinking behavior.ConclusionsPreviously unidentified key factors that influence women’s decisions to drink in certain ways have been established. Overall, future interventions and public policy may be better tailored so as to address specific age groups and drinking behaviors.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12905-016-0317-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Beliefs underlying Women’s intentions to consume alcohol

2016

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“…Many of the studies focus on young people (e.g. Beccaria & Prina, 2010;Bye & Rossow, 2010;Hellman & Rolando, 2013;Loughran, 2010;Petrilli et al, 2014;Rolando, Beccaria, Tigerstedt, & Törrönen, 2012), reflecting a conceptualisation of youth drinking as in itself a problem, and ignoring the range of other frames in which the material might be analysed. In addition, with the exception of a few studies (e.g.…”

Section: Dimensions Of Focus In Studies Of Drinking Cultures At a Macmentioning

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“…In studies examining drinking patterns, a focus on intoxication and alcohol-related problems is common (e.g. Härkönen, Törrönen, Mustonen, & Mäkelä, 2013;Loughran, 2010;Mäkelä, Tigerstedt, & Mustonen, 2012;Mustonen, Mäkelä, & Lintonen, 2014;Raitosalo et al, 2011;Stickley, Jukkala, & Norstrom, 2011). For instance, in their study of changes to Finnish drinking culture between 1968 and 2008 using general population survey data, Mäkelä et al (2012) note that Finland has become a ''wet'' drinking culture, although sporadic intoxication (primarily on weekends and evenings) still maintains an important role of the drinking culture.…”

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Defining “drinking culture”: A critical review of its meaning and connotation in social research on alcohol problems

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Mugavin

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Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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There has been growing academic interest in ''drinking cultures'' as targets of investigation and intervention, driven often by policy discourse about ''changing the drinking culture''. In this article, we conduct a critical review of the alcohol research literature to examine how the concept of drinking culture has been understood and employed, particularly in work that views alcohol through a problem lens. Much of the alcohol research discussion on drinking culture has focussed on national drinking cultures in which the cultural entity of concern is the nation or society as a whole (macro-level). In this respect, there has been a comparative tradition concerned with categorising drinking cultures into typologies (e.g. ''wet'' and ''dry'' cultures). Although overtly focused on patterns of drinking and problems at the macro-level, this tradition also points to a multifaceted understanding of drinking cultures. Even though norms about drinking are not uniform within and across countries there has been relatively less focus in the alcohol research literature on cultural entities below the level of the culture as a whole (micro-level). We conclude by offering a working definition, which underscores the multidimensional and interactive nature of the drinking culture concept.

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“…At least in our understanding, only US‐based studies have assessed alcohol consumption during birthday celebrations. However, a single non‐US study, based on a sample of birthday cards from Ireland, found that approximately 50% of birthday cards for the 18th birthday (Ireland's MLDA) referenced ‘alcohol’ or contained explicit references to alcohol consumption or intoxication .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%