Social Media Use and Alcohol Sipping in Early Adolescents

A Prospective Cohort Study

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ID21645075
AutoresJason M Nagata (0000-0002-6541-0604, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, autor correspondente), Omar M Sajjad (0000-0003-0318-9737, Dartmouth College), Natalia Smith (0000-0002-8708-3528, University of California, San Francisco), Natalia N Smith (0000-0002-6040-6155, Department of Pediatrics, University of California), Gabriel Zamora (0000-0001-5474-7669, Department of Pediatrics, University of California), Sanya Dhama (Department of Pediatrics, University of California), Abubakr A A Al-shoaibi (0000-0001-6513-9984, Department of Pediatrics, University of California), Kyle T Ganson (0000-0003-3889-3716, University of Toronto), Alexander Testa (0000-0002-8686-9115, Department of Management, Policy and Community Health, University of Texas Health, Science Center at Houston), Megan A Moreno (0000-0003-2767-0787, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Orsolya Kiss (0000-0003-2643-773X, SRI International), Fiona C Baker (0000-0001-9602-6165, SRI International), Dylan B Jackson (0000-0002-4726-6573, Johns Hopkins University)
Ano2024
Volume59
Fascículo6
Páginas971-976
Data de publicação2024-05-11
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSubstance Use & Misuse (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1082-6084 • E-ISSN: 1532-2491
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10826084.2024.2310501
PMID38336620
OpenAlexW4392730824
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas40

Background Social media can influence alcohol initiation behaviors such as sipping, which can lead to future adverse alcohol-related outcomes. Few studies have examined the role of problematic social media use, characterized by addiction, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal, conflict, and relapse, especially in early adolescence.Objective To examine the prospective association between social media use and sipping alcohol in a nationwide sample of early adolescents, and the extent to which problematic social media use mediates the association.Methods We analyzed prospective data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (N = 7514; ages 9–10 years at baseline; 2016–2018) to estimate associations between social media time (Year 1) and alcohol sipping (Year 3) using modified Poisson regression, adjusting for confounders and testing problematic social media use (Year 2) as a mediator.Results Social media time (Year 1) was prospectively associated with 1.31 (95% confidence interval 1.20–1.43) times higher risk of new-onset sipping (Year 3). The association between social media time and new-onset alcohol sipping was partially mediated by problematic social media use at Year 2 (25.0% reduction in the association between the former two factors after adding problematic social media use, p = 0.002).Conclusions Time spent on social media was associated with a higher risk of alcohol sipping in a diverse national sample of early adolescents, and the association was partially mediated by problematic social media use. Media literacy education and family media use plans could advise early adolescents about exposure to alcohol content on social media and warning signs for problematic use

Addiction · Alcohol · Cohort study · Mood · Prospective cohort study · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Mental Health via Writing · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Internal Medicine