ArticleArchives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine2012
Associations between displayed alcohol references on Facebook and problem drinking among college students.
Article in Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04333966 (Parental Research on Interventions for Social Media), which is not on this map. Cited by 83 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Parental Research on Interventions for Social Media (Project PRISM)
Who cites it
83 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 238 citations in OpenAlex.
- Social media recruitment for mental health research: A systematic review.Comprehensive psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Does Industry-Driven Alcohol Marketing Influence Adolescent Drinking Behaviour? A Systematic Review.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2017Pooled it
- The use of social networking sites for public health practice and research: a systematic review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2014Pooled it
- Experimental Test of Abstaining-and-Drinking Social Media Content on Adolescent and Young Adult Social Norms and Alcohol Use.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2023Trial
- Feasibility and Acceptability of the Social Media-Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students Intervention.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Trial
- Counteracting the Influence of Peer Smoking on YouTube.Journal of health communication · 2017Trial
- "I will take a shot for every 'like' I get on this status": posting alcohol-related Facebook content is linked to drinking outcomes.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2014Trial
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- Parsing Instagram Posts for Smoking Imagery Amongst Users: A Content Analysis.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2026Article
- Characterizing In Vivo Exposure to Alcohol Content in the Media: Media Platform, Engagement, and Associations With Attitudes.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026Article
- Marketing Strategies and Factors Influencing the Popularity of Alcohol Videos from Official Brand Accounts on Douyin: Content Analysis Study.JMIR infodemiology · 2026Article
- Qualitative analysis of how U.S. college students construct their alcohol-related content identities via social media.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2025Article
- Associations between posting about alcohol on social networking sites and alcohol-induced blackouts in a sample of young adults not in 4-year college.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Alcohol-Related Content on Social Media and Alcohol Outcomes in Young Adults: A Scoping Review.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2025Article
- Identifying COVID-19 survivors living with post-traumatic stress disorder through machine learning on Twitter.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Navigating the Modern Landscape of Social Media: Ethical Considerations for Research With Adolescents and Young Adults.Translational issues in psychological science · 2024Article
- Effect of Technology and Digital Media Use on Adolescent Health and Development: Protocol for a Multimethod Longitudinal Study.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Algorithmic accountability on social media platforms in the context of alcohol-related health behavior change.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Article
- The alcohol self-presentation model: Using thematic qualitative analysis to elucidate how college students self-present via alcohol-related social media posts.Drug and alcohol review · 2022Article
- A Parent-Based Intervention for Reducing High-risk Social Media Cognitions, Alcohol Use, and Negative Consequences Among Adolescents: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
23 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the associations between displayed alcohol use and intoxication/problem drinking (I/PD) references on Facebook and self-reported problem drinking using a clinical scale.
designContent analysis and cross-sectional survey.
settingFacebook Web site (http://www.facebook.com/).
participantsThe study included undergraduate students (age range, 18-20 years) at 2 state universities with public Facebook profiles. MAIN EXPOSURES: The profiles were categorized into 1 of 3 distinct categories: Nondisplayers, Alcohol Displayers, and I/PD Displayers. OUTCOME MEASURES: An online survey measured problem drinking using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scale. Analyses examined associations between alcohol display category and (1) AUDIT problem drinking category using logistic regression, (2) AUDIT score using negative binomial regression, and (3) alcohol-related injury using the Fisher exact test.
resultsAmong 307 profiles identified, 224 participants completed the survey (73% response rate). The average age was 18.8 years; 122 (54%) were female; 152 (68%) were white; and approximately 50% were from each university. Profile owners who displayed I/PD were more likely (odds ratio, 4.4; 95% CI, 2.0-9.4) to score in the problem drinking category of the AUDIT scale, had 64.0% (incidence rate ratio, 1.64; 95% CI, 1.27-11.0) higher AUDIT scores overall, and were more likely to report an alcohol-related injury in the past year (P = .002).
conclusionsDisplayed references to I/PD were positively associated with AUDIT scores suggesting problem drinking as well as alcohol-related injury. Results suggest that clinical criteria for problem drinking can be applied to Facebook alcohol references.
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