Emerging adults’ social media engagement & alcohol misuse: A multidimensional, person-centered analysis of risk

Carol F. Scott, Laina Y. Bay-Cheng, Thomas H. Nochajski and R. Lorraine Collins

Children and Youth Services Review, 2024, vol. 159, issue C

Abstract: Nearly all U.S. emerging adults use social media at least daily, and most discuss their offline activities online, including their alcohol misuse. As a result, developing evidence finds a correlation between social media use and offline alcohol drinking, suggesting that social media may be a novel risk factor for alcohol misuse. However, there are conflicting findings about what specific function of social media use is risker – does the amount of time spent online or the types of online activities matter more?

Keywords: Emerging adults; Social media use; Screen time; Social media engagement; Alcohol use; Binge drinking; Latent profile analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107511

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