Young people’s accounts of smoking, exercising, eating and drinking alcohol: being cool or being unhealthy?

Stability of cyberbullying victimization among adolescents: Prevalence and association with bully–victim status and psychosocial adjustment

“…; for a review, see Kuntsche, Knibbe, Gmel, & Engels, 2006), a possible explanation for the suggested association between bullying and cyberbullying experiences and substance use may be related to youths' desire to feel more accepted by the group of peers, gain social status, and be perceived as ''cool'' and attractive. During adolescence, drinking is indeed a behavior that contributes to the social image of the individual within the peer group (Ioannou, 2003) and may well be used for this purpose. In brief, at least some of the victimized adolescents might be led to approach alcohol as a means to become members of the group, be more accepted by peers, and, ultimately, avoid victimization (Vieno et al, 2011).…”

The social context of smoking: the next frontier in tobacco control?

“…An interesting example of work in this area is Ioannou's analysis of youth smoking in Cypress in the everyday contexts of consumption as part of what she terms the ''active stylization of life'' (linked to image management among peer groups). 43 The marketing practices of the tobacco industry are implicated in this broad examination of the close linkages between conspicuous consumption and identity formation/ maintenance in late modern consumer societies. A closely linked fifth dimension is that of desire/pleasure, an area that has been receiving greater attention in the critical addictions 44 45 and health promotion literatures of late.…”

Young men’s suicidal behavior, depression, crime, and substance use risks linked to childhood teasing

“…Effects of being a childhood perpetrator or victim on later substance use may be indirect via other maladjustment—for example, using substances to relieve aversive emotional states—or through increased affiliation with other deviant or marginalized individuals prone to substance use (Vieno, Gini, & Santinello, 2011). Other explanations for the association between being a peer victim and substance use may relate to youth’s desire to gain social status, be more accepted by peers, and, ultimately, avoid victimization (Ioannou, 2003; Moreno, Brinder, Williams, Walker, & Christakis, 2009; Vieno et al, 2011). Again, perpetrator–victims may be most vulnerable.…”