‘It's Just Like the Teenage Stereotype, You Go Out and Drink and Stuff’: Hearing from Young People who<i>Don't</i>Drink

Nairn, Karen; Higgins, Jane; Thompson, Brigid; Anderson, M. E.; Fu, Nedra

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“…Thus, as well as demonstrating how young people reason about alcohol (Bogren 2006), discourse about drinking constructs identity possibilities both for young people who drink heavily (Johnson 2013) and for those who abstain from drinking (Nairn et al 2006). The identities available in relation to drinking or not drinking are, however, by no means straightforward.…”

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“…In such situations, characterised by a lack of parental controls, students are more likely to put social gains, especially those associated with heavy alcohol consumption, ahead of academic achievement (Osborn, Thombs and Olds 2007). Clearly, not all young people consume alcohol (see Nairn et al 2006) or engage in risk-related alcohol (and/or drug) use. As Smith (2015) points out, many young people reportedly drink in moderation at social events/parties and are also intolerant of intoxicated peers.…”

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“…In such instances, individuals who exaggerate the amount that they drink or who fake the effects of alcohol for them run the risk of being viewed by peers as inauthentic: although drinking might be the norm expected by peers, false claims of drinking will be criticised. Relatedly, Nairn et al 2006 point to the identity problems that arise for young people who seek to socialise with peers without drinking alcohol. One way of attending to the problem of not fulfilling the expectation to drink is by seeking to negotiate different identities that render unlikely the consumption of alcohol, for example on grounds of participation in sport, or that preclude alcohol consumption on cultural or religious grounds.…”

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“…Additionally, not drinking and/or resistance to cultures of alcohol consumption can present challenges for young people. Opposition to alcohol consumption has been demonstrated as being achieved through the process of adopting various other subject positions that draw on cultural, religious or health/sport norms (Nairn et al 2006).…”

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‘Just choose the easy option’: students talk about alcohol use and social influence

Hepworth

McVittie

Schofield

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Journal of Youth Studies

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Previous research into young people's drinking behaviour has studied how social practices influence their actions and how they negotiate drinking-related identities. Here, adopting the perspective of discursive psychology we examine how, for young people, social influences are bound up with issues of drinking and of identity. We conducted 19 focus groups with undergraduate students in Australia aged between 18 and 24 years. Thematic analysis of participants' accounts for why they drink or do not drink was used to identify passages of talk that referred to social influence, paying particular attention to terms such as 'pressure' and 'choice'. These passages were then analysed in fine-grained detail, using discourse analysis, to study how participants accounted for social influence. Participants treated their behaviour as accountable and produced three forms of account that: (1) minimised the choice available to them, (2) explained drinking as culture and (3) described resisting peer pressure. They also negotiated gendered social dynamics related to drinking. These forms of account allowed the participants to avoid individual responsibility for drinking or not drinking. These findings demonstrate that the effects of social influence on young people's drinking behaviour cannot be assumed, as social influence itself becomes negotiable within local contexts of talk about drinking.

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“…This approach to drinking requires training and self-knowledge in order to be able to manage control. Other boys circumvented this need for prior experience and experimentation with reference to alternative activities (Harnett et al 2000, Nairn 2006) to justify their non-drinking to their peers. Non-drinking or minimal drinking appeared to be used to display their maturity and responsibility, and sporting aspirations and future goals were frequently employed in talking about restricting their alcohol use.…”

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Gendered forms of responsibility and control in teenagers' views of alcohol

Laverty

Robinson

Holdsworth

2015

Journal of Youth Studies

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There has been a shift in the most recent UK Government's Alcohol Strategy (2012) from personal responsibility towards a model of shared responsibility for young people's drinking. On closer examination of the strategy however, it appears that rather than exonerating young people from blame, governance is merely extended to include wider partners. Using findings from nine focus groups with young people in Liverpool, UK, we explore who they believe are responsible for their drinking behaviours and how they learn to become 'good drinkers'. Our findings show that while teenagers' were aware of dominant alcohol related messages and maintained a moral position as responsible citizens; they also negotiated and resisted norms about teenage drinking. Although both boys and girls agreed that parents were the primary responsible authority for regulating their drinking, there was gendered disagreement about personal responsibility. The girls described how they were ultimately responsible for any adverse consequences if they drank too much whilst the boys considered a wide range of partners who would be implicated. However, unlike the girls, the boys described a willingness to either abstain or moderate their alcohol intake in order to remain in control and avoid any alcohol related trouble or harm.Word Count: 7699 4

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Consuming Male Identities: Masculinities, Gender Relations and Alcohol Consumption in Aotearoa New Zealand

Willott

Lyons

2011

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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The excessive and public consumption of alcohol with other men has been a traditional indication of manliness in Western cultures for many years. However, over the last two decades, this association has been eroded, in part through increased consumption by women. Within the gender‐relational context of this increase, we empirically explore ways in which particular (friendship) groups of young men and women (re)construct masculine identities. The male participants demonstrated greater discursive flexibility in enacting their gender identities through alcohol consumption compared with earlier NZ research although also greater constraints on change compared with more recent UK research. A minority of men constructed themselves as atypical in that they did not like rugby, beer or consuming vast quantities of alcohol. These men were all in professional occupations, and we speculate that their social class and financial status may enable them to negotiate alternative demonstrations of masculinity. We conclude that these findings could be explicated through an examination of national gendered identities that arose out of a pioneer culture, and the commodification of gender identities through alcohol consumption. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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‘It's Just Like the Teenage Stereotype, You Go Out and Drink and Stuff’: Hearing from Young People whoDon'tDrink

Cited by 70 publications

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‘Just choose the easy option’: students talk about alcohol use and social influence

‘Just choose the easy option’: students talk about alcohol use and social influence

Gendered forms of responsibility and control in teenagers' views of alcohol

Consuming Male Identities: Masculinities, Gender Relations and Alcohol Consumption in Aotearoa New Zealand

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