What is going on in underage drinking? Reflections on Finnish European school survey project on alcohol and other drugs data 1999–2015

Raitasalo, Kirsimarja; Simonen, Jenni; Tigerstedt, Christoffer; Mäkelä, Pia; Tapanainen, Heli

doi:10.1111/dar.12697

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“…Our results support findings in other studies, suggesting changes in the normative climate around drinking among young people, increased emphasis on academic achievement and a disciplined way of life, and a more health-oriented lifestyle as explanations for non-drinking [1,[7][8][9][10]. They also align with Kraus et al [10] who hypothesise that changes in the social position of alcohol are related to how its perceived negative effects do not fit with an increasingly healthoriented youth culture, and also to changes in technology, social norms and family relationships.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Scholars have offered a number of possible explanations for the declining trend in alcohol use among younger adolescents. These include: better enforcement of the minimum legal age for alcohol purchase; changes in social norms related to drinking among young people and immigration from non-drinking cultures; a more competitive society with an emphasis on academic achievement and a disciplined way of life; a more health-oriented lifestyle; changes in parenting and parental norms; lower affordability and the rise of internet-based technologies [1,[7][8][9][10]. There are still rather few empirical studies assessing whether, or to what extent, one or more of these explanations are valid [1,9,11].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Normalisation of non‐drinking? 15–16‐year‐olds' accounts of refraining from alcohol

Scheffels

Buvik

Tokle

et al. 2020

Drug and Alcohol Review

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Introduction and Aims In many countries, adolescents' drinking has decreased substantially over recent years. This study aims to explore Norwegian adolescents' accounts of refraining from drinking alcohol and how their explanations are contextualised. Design and Methods Semi‐structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 95 adolescents aged 15–16 years (50 females), recruited from six schools in Norway. Interviews examined perceptions and experience of alcohol use, and how non‐drinking was reasoned for. Results The adolescents' accounts of refraining from alcohol were sorted into three categories: (i) influence from non‐drinking peers and negative social norms towards alcohol use: non‐drinking was described as the norm in their age group; (ii) legal age and relationship to parents: age limits and parents' disapproval of drinking was perceived as justifiable; and (iii) non‐drinking to sustain control: alcohol use was perceived as implying loss of control of self‐presentation in specific situations, and risk of negative exposure on social media. It was also seen as implying risk of loss of control of future achievement in school or sports. Discussion and Conclusions The adolescents' explanations for non‐drinking indicated a devaluation in the social position of alcohol among younger adolescents. Non‐drinking was described as majority behaviour and fitting in with a life orientation towards both present‐day and future achievement. Their accounts pointed towards a normative effect of age limits on buying alcohol and highlighted the significance of emotional closeness and open communication about alcohol with parents. The results indicate a differentiated normalisation of non‐drinking in this age group.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Normalisation of non‐drinking? 15–16‐year‐olds' accounts of refraining from alcohol

Scheffels

Buvik

Tokle

et al. 2020

Drug and Alcohol Review

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“…Several studies indicate that increased parental knowledge and stricter alcohol-specific parenting have contributed to the downward drinking trend [6,[11][12][13]. Kraus et al [7] suggested that parents have also become less likely to drink in front of their adolescent children.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Decline in adolescent drinking: Some possible explanations

Rossow

Pape

Torgersen

2020

Drug and Alcohol Review

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Introduction and Aims Adolescent drinking has decreased in numerous high‐income countries in the 2000s, and how to explain this downward trend is far from clear. Focussing on the decline in drinking to intoxication among youth in Norway, we examined the following potential explanatory factors: family/home‐based and peer‐oriented leisure‐time activities, perceived parental drinking, drug substitution, school conscientiousness and delinquency. Design and Methods Data stemmed from cross‐sectional surveys of adolescents aged 13–17 years in the four largest cities in Norway in 2002 (n = 1204) and in 2013/2015 (n = 31 441). We examined the extent to which the decline in intoxication prevalence was attributable to the possible explanatory variables using logistic regression analysis. Results The proportion reporting any past‐year intoxication episodes dropped markedly from 2002 (41%) to 2013/2015 (22%). Family/home‐oriented leisure‐time activities and school conscientiousness increased, whereas hanging out with friends in the evening and delinquent behaviours decreased. These factors together accounted for 43% of this decline. Decrease in going out with friends was the most important factor. We found no empirical support for assumptions that perceived parental drinking or drug substitution had contributed to the decrease in drinking to intoxication. Discussion and Conclusions Since the millennium shift, urban adolescents in Norway have become more home‐, family‐ and school‐oriented, and less involved in unsupervised socialising with peers and delinquency. These changes may have contributed to some of the reduction in the prevalence of intoxication in this population group.

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“…The changes in youth drinking seem to have been concurrent with changes in parenting practices; six studies in this special issue identify increases in parental supervision [6][7][8][9][10][11] and parents' attitudes towards youth drinking becoming more restrictive [6,7,9,11]. Larm et al [6], however, also show changes in parenting practices of the same magnitude among those youth that drink, which implies a general increase in parental supervision that is not confined to non-drinking youth.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…The changes in youth drinking seem to have been concurrent with changes in parenting practices; six studies in this special issue identify increases in parental supervision and parents’ attitudes towards youth drinking becoming more restrictive . Larm et al .…”

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