@article{ref1,
title="The association between social networking sites and alcohol abuse among Belgian adolescents",
journal="Journal of media psychology",
year="2018",
author="Geusens, Femke and Beullens, Kathleen",
volume="30",
number="4",
pages="207-216",
abstract="Both consuming alcohol and using social networking sites (SNS) are popular pastimes among adolescents. The current cross-sectional study (N = 3,133) aims to explore the relation between being exposed to and displaying alcohol-related content on SNS with alcohol abuse among adolescents aged 16-20 years. First, the results support that displaying alcohol-related content on SNS is more strongly associated with alcohol abuse than exposure to this kind of content. Furthermore, the associations of both exposure to and displaying alcohol-related content on SNS with alcohol abuse are mediated through perceived social norms of friends and attitudes toward excessive alcohol consumption. Yet, whereas alcohol-related attitudes and social norms seemed to be equally important mediators in the relation between exposure to alcohol-related content on SNS and alcohol abuse, the association between displaying alcohol-related content on SNS and alcohol abuse seemed to be mediated predominantly through a change in alcohol-related attitudes. Overall, this study sheds more light on the complex relations between SNS use and risky drinking behavior among adolescents.   Keywords: alcohol, social networking sites, adolescents, attitudes, social norms<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1864-1105",
doi="10.1027/1864-1105/a000196",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000196"
}