Kirsimarja Raitasalo
Biographic Data
| ID | 6094310 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirsimarja Raitasalo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirsimarja |
| FAMILY NAME | Raitasalo |
| SIGNATURE | RAITASALO K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7909-8562 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Attitudes Towards Drinking in the Presence of Small Children
Attitudes toward under-age drinking
Background Parental attitudes influence adolescent alcohol use. This study examined Finnish adults’ attitudes toward underage drinking and their associations with parenthood and personal alcohol use.Methods Data came from the 2023 Finnish Drinking Habit Survey, a general-population sample of adults aged 20–79 years (N = 4,587), collected through telephone interviews. Attitudes were assessed using three statements on adolescent alcohol use. Person…
Drug‐Induced Deaths and Non‐Fatal Poisonings in Youth—Associations With Household Adversities and Out‐Of‐Home Care
Financial difficulties among youth prenatally exposed to substances
Aim The receipt of long-term financial social assistance (FSA) as an indicator of financial difficulties among Finnish youth with prenatal substance exposure (PSE) was investigated in comparison with unexposed youth.Methods Data from national health and social welfare registers were collected for 18–24-year-old exposed (n = 355) and unexposed (n = 1011) youth. The influence of youth and maternal characteristics and out-of-home care (OHC) on the a…
Changes in co‐use of alcohol and cannabis among Nordic adolescents in the 21st century
Abstainers and Drinkers – Two Sides of the Same Coin
This commentary discusses a recently published literature review focussing on the growing trend of young people abstaining from drinking alcohol. Despite the recent increase in research on the decline in youth drinking, the review only identified 10 papers that explicitly examined abstainers. The inclusion criteria used thus excluded and overlooked the vast literature available on the decline in youth drinking. This commentary discusses the impli…
Exclusive and dual use of electronic cigarettes among European youth in 32 countries with different regulatory landscapes
More comprehensive e-cigarette regulations and enforcement of age-of-sale laws may be protective of e-cigarette and dual use among adolescents
Single, Dual, and Triple Use of Cigarettes, e-Cigarettes, and Snus among Adolescents in the Nordic Countries
New tobacco and nicotine products have emerged on the market in recent years. Most research has concerned only one product at a time, usually e-cigarettes, while little is known about the multiple use of tobacco and nicotine products among adolescents. We examined single, dual, and triple use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and snus among Nordic adolescents, using data of 15-16-year-olds (n = 16,125) from the European School Survey Project on Alcoho…
Risk Factors for Excessive Social Media Use Differ from Those of Gambling and Gaming in Finnish Youth
Adolescent girls are at greater risk of excessive social media use than boys, while boys are at greater risk of excessive gaming and gambling. The associations with known risk factors are somewhat different for excessive use of social media as compared to excessive gambling and gaming and should be acknowledged when developing preventive measures for adolescents
Money used in gaming is associated with problem gambling
Changes in Alcoholic Beverage Choice and Risky Drinking among Adolescents in Europe 1999–2019
This paper explores trends in beverage preference in adolescents, identifies related regional differences, and examines cluster differences in key drinking measures. Data were obtained from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD), covering 24 European countries between 1999 and 2019. Trends in the distribution of alcoholic beverages on the participants' most recent drinking occasion were analysed by sex and country u…
‘Are The Times A‐Changin’? Trends in adolescent substance use in Europe
A typology of families with parental alcohol or drug abuse
Objectives To estimate the prevalence of parental alcohol abuse (PAA) or parental drug abuse (PDA), to compare families with PAA/PDA to non-PAA/PDA families, and to identify different types of families with PAA/PDA in terms of mental disorders in parents, family separation, financial difficulties and educational level. Methods Register-based data from a complete birth cohort of children born in 1991 in Finland (N = 62,751), and their biological p…
Conflicting norms on parental duties – Can parents party
Conflicting norms on parental duties – Can parents party?." Addiction Research & Theory, 19(5), pp. 406–407
Drinking in the presence of underage children
The ambivalent characteristic of the Finnish drinking culture is particularly evident in the context of family life. While drinking to intoxication in the home environment is widely tolerated, attitudes towards drinking in the presence of children appear negative, and there is broad political concern about harms to children. This study aims to both illuminate the attitudes towards drinking and the actual drinking behaviour of parents living with …
Public opinion and community-based prevention of alcohol-related harms
Aim: This article looks at alcohol policy opinions from the point of view of the possibilities and frames for creating local alcohol control policy. Local action against harms related to drinking is a compromise between different points of view, and the question of public support is important for community-based prevention. Data and analyses: The respondents of a postal questionnaire were asked if they supported different alcohol policy measures,…
Concern about Family Members' Drinking and Cultural Consistency
The data analyzed came from Gender, Alcohol and Culture: An International Study and involve population surveys for 18 countries (total N = 34,916). The article studies gender and country differences in the relationship between social pressure to drink less experienced by individuals, considering seeking help for alcohol problems, and alcohol consumption and problem levels (AUDIT). In most countries for both men and women, informal control was app…
Country Variations in Family Members' Informal Pressure to Drink Less
Examines how family members in 18 countries attempt to influence each other to drink less. Data come from the GENACIS (Gender, Alcohol and Culture: an International Study) dataset (overall sample 44, 115). The percentage of people who had experienced family member pressure to drink less were compared to country abstinence rate, mean drinking volume per drinker and other societal-level factors. Countries differed greatly on proportion of drinkers …
Gender differences in drinking
Aims The paper discusses the kinds of reasoning that have been presented as possible mechanisms and reasons for gender differences in alcohol consumption. Design and methods An overview of the existing literature from different countries is presented. Findings The existing studies provide a picture of great cultural variance in patterns of alcohol use among men and women. The gender differences in drinking behaviour have been shown to be linked w…
The role of the spouse in regulating one's drinking
This article examines the relationship between experiences of external influence from spouses and partners to influence one's drinking and one's own concern over drinking; whether spouse's control attempts and concern over one's own drinking are in congruence; how the level of drinking and the frequency of drinking to intoxication and the estimate of the spouse's level of drinking are related, for women and men belonging to different sociodemogra…
Retrieval strategies and cultural differences in answering survey questions on drinking
Aim. This research compares retrieval strategies and cultural differences in answering survey questions using protocol analysis on four alcohol use items: frequency of drinking, quantity of drinking, frequency of drunkenness, and the context of drinking in the last 12 months. Data. The data came from a project to improve the comparability of health behaviour surveys in Europe (the EuroHIS study). The participating countries were Finland, Germany,…
Interpretations of Survey Questions on One's Partner's Alcohol Consumption
This article analyzes and discusses how survey questions about partners' alcohol use, about attempts to control it, and about its problematic nature, used in the 2000 Finnish Drinking Habits Survey, are understood and interpreted. The majority of the 30 respondents interviewed for this research understood the concepts of alcohol and drinking as intended, but some respondents did not define alcohol use in the way alcohol researchers do. Drinking t…
Interpretations of Survey Questions on One's Partner's Alcohol Consumption
This article analyzes and discusses how survey questions about partners' alcohol use, about attempts to control it, and about its problematic nature, used in the 2000 Finnish Drinking Habits Survey, are understood and interpreted. The majority of the 30 respondents interviewed for this research understood the concepts of alcohol and drinking as intended, but some respondents did not define alcohol use in the way alcohol researchers do. Drinking t…
Concern about Family Members' Drinking and Cultural Consistency
The data analyzed came from Gender, Alcohol and Culture: An International Study and involve population surveys for 18 countries (total N = 34,916). The article studies gender and country differences in the relationship between social pressure to drink less experienced by individuals, considering seeking help for alcohol problems, and alcohol consumption and problem levels (AUDIT). In most countries for both men and women, informal control was app…
Interpretations of Survey Questions on One's Partner's Alcohol Consumption
This article analyzes and discusses how survey questions about partners' alcohol use, about attempts to control it, and about its problematic nature, used in the 2000 Finnish Drinking Habits Survey, are understood and interpreted. The majority of the 30 respondents interviewed for this research understood the concepts of alcohol and drinking as intended, but some respondents did not define alcohol use in the way alcohol researchers do. Drinking t…
Gender differences in drinking
Aims The paper discusses the kinds of reasoning that have been presented as possible mechanisms and reasons for gender differences in alcohol consumption. Design and methods An overview of the existing literature from different countries is presented. Findings The existing studies provide a picture of great cultural variance in patterns of alcohol use among men and women. The gender differences in drinking behaviour have been shown to be linked w…
The role of the spouse in regulating one's drinking
This article examines the relationship between experiences of external influence from spouses and partners to influence one's drinking and one's own concern over drinking; whether spouse's control attempts and concern over one's own drinking are in congruence; how the level of drinking and the frequency of drinking to intoxication and the estimate of the spouse's level of drinking are related, for women and men belonging to different sociodemogra…
Retrieval strategies and cultural differences in answering survey questions on drinking
Aim. This research compares retrieval strategies and cultural differences in answering survey questions using protocol analysis on four alcohol use items: frequency of drinking, quantity of drinking, frequency of drunkenness, and the context of drinking in the last 12 months. Data. The data came from a project to improve the comparability of health behaviour surveys in Europe (the EuroHIS study). The participating countries were Finland, Germany,…
Public opinion and community-based prevention of alcohol-related harms
Aim: This article looks at alcohol policy opinions from the point of view of the possibilities and frames for creating local alcohol control policy. Local action against harms related to drinking is a compromise between different points of view, and the question of public support is important for community-based prevention. Data and analyses: The respondents of a postal questionnaire were asked if they supported different alcohol policy measures,…
Concern about Family Members' Drinking and Cultural Consistency
The data analyzed came from Gender, Alcohol and Culture: An International Study and involve population surveys for 18 countries (total N = 34,916). The article studies gender and country differences in the relationship between social pressure to drink less experienced by individuals, considering seeking help for alcohol problems, and alcohol consumption and problem levels (AUDIT). In most countries for both men and women, informal control was app…
Country Variations in Family Members' Informal Pressure to Drink Less
Examines how family members in 18 countries attempt to influence each other to drink less. Data come from the GENACIS (Gender, Alcohol and Culture: an International Study) dataset (overall sample 44, 115). The percentage of people who had experienced family member pressure to drink less were compared to country abstinence rate, mean drinking volume per drinker and other societal-level factors. Countries differed greatly on proportion of drinkers …
Conflicting norms on parental duties – Can parents party
Conflicting norms on parental duties – Can parents party?." Addiction Research & Theory, 19(5), pp. 406–407
Drinking in the presence of underage children
The ambivalent characteristic of the Finnish drinking culture is particularly evident in the context of family life. While drinking to intoxication in the home environment is widely tolerated, attitudes towards drinking in the presence of children appear negative, and there is broad political concern about harms to children. This study aims to both illuminate the attitudes towards drinking and the actual drinking behaviour of parents living with …
A typology of families with parental alcohol or drug abuse
Objectives To estimate the prevalence of parental alcohol abuse (PAA) or parental drug abuse (PDA), to compare families with PAA/PDA to non-PAA/PDA families, and to identify different types of families with PAA/PDA in terms of mental disorders in parents, family separation, financial difficulties and educational level. Methods Register-based data from a complete birth cohort of children born in 1991 in Finland (N = 62,751), and their biological p…
‘Are The Times A‐Changin’? Trends in adolescent substance use in Europe
Money used in gaming is associated with problem gambling
Changes in Alcoholic Beverage Choice and Risky Drinking among Adolescents in Europe 1999–2019
This paper explores trends in beverage preference in adolescents, identifies related regional differences, and examines cluster differences in key drinking measures. Data were obtained from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD), covering 24 European countries between 1999 and 2019. Trends in the distribution of alcoholic beverages on the participants' most recent drinking occasion were analysed by sex and country u…
Single, Dual, and Triple Use of Cigarettes, e-Cigarettes, and Snus among Adolescents in the Nordic Countries
New tobacco and nicotine products have emerged on the market in recent years. Most research has concerned only one product at a time, usually e-cigarettes, while little is known about the multiple use of tobacco and nicotine products among adolescents. We examined single, dual, and triple use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and snus among Nordic adolescents, using data of 15-16-year-olds (n = 16,125) from the European School Survey Project on Alcoho…
Risk Factors for Excessive Social Media Use Differ from Those of Gambling and Gaming in Finnish Youth
Adolescent girls are at greater risk of excessive social media use than boys, while boys are at greater risk of excessive gaming and gambling. The associations with known risk factors are somewhat different for excessive use of social media as compared to excessive gambling and gaming and should be acknowledged when developing preventive measures for adolescents
Abstainers and Drinkers – Two Sides of the Same Coin
This commentary discusses a recently published literature review focussing on the growing trend of young people abstaining from drinking alcohol. Despite the recent increase in research on the decline in youth drinking, the review only identified 10 papers that explicitly examined abstainers. The inclusion criteria used thus excluded and overlooked the vast literature available on the decline in youth drinking. This commentary discusses the impli…
Exclusive and dual use of electronic cigarettes among European youth in 32 countries with different regulatory landscapes
More comprehensive e-cigarette regulations and enforcement of age-of-sale laws may be protective of e-cigarette and dual use among adolescents
Financial difficulties among youth prenatally exposed to substances
Aim The receipt of long-term financial social assistance (FSA) as an indicator of financial difficulties among Finnish youth with prenatal substance exposure (PSE) was investigated in comparison with unexposed youth.Methods Data from national health and social welfare registers were collected for 18–24-year-old exposed (n = 355) and unexposed (n = 1011) youth. The influence of youth and maternal characteristics and out-of-home care (OHC) on the a…
Changes in co‐use of alcohol and cannabis among Nordic adolescents in the 21st century
Attitudes Towards Drinking in the Presence of Small Children
Attitudes toward under-age drinking
Background Parental attitudes influence adolescent alcohol use. This study examined Finnish adults’ attitudes toward underage drinking and their associations with parenthood and personal alcohol use.Methods Data came from the 2023 Finnish Drinking Habit Survey, a general-population sample of adults aged 20–79 years (N = 4,587), collected through telephone interviews. Attitudes were assessed using three statements on adolescent alcohol use. Person…
Drug‐Induced Deaths and Non‐Fatal Poisonings in Youth—Associations With Household Adversities and Out‐Of‐Home Care
Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (16 works) · Medicine (15 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Environmental health (11 works) · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Alcohol (5 works)