Frequent electronic media communication with friends is associated with higher adolescent substance use

Rob Gommans (), Gonneke Stevens, Emily Finne, Antonius Cillessen, Meyran Boniel-Nissim and Tom Bogt

International Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 60, issue 2, 167-177

Abstract: Electronic media communication was uniquely associated with substance use, predominantly with alcohol use. Thus, adolescents’ EMC and other online behaviors should not be left unnoticed in substance use research and prevention programs. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2015

Keywords: Substance use; Adolescents; Electronic media communication; Face-to-face interactions; Multilevel analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-014-0624-0

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