ArticleJournal of American college health : J of ACH2023
"Follow my Finsta": Drinking trajectories in relation to auxiliary Instagram accounts.
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- Qualitative analysis of how U.S. college students construct their alcohol-related content identities via social media.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Alcohol-Related Content on Social Media and Alcohol Outcomes in Young Adults: A Scoping Review.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2025Article
- Should I stay (home) or should I go (party)? Examination of drinking as a mediator of the relationship between alcohol-related social media content and adherence to COVID-19 recommendations among college students.Drug and alcohol review · 2024Article
- Navigating the Modern Landscape of Social Media: Ethical Considerations for Research With Adolescents and Young Adults.Translational issues in psychological science · 2024Article
- Using social network methodology to examine the effects of exposure to alcohol-related social media content on alcohol use: A critical review.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Review
- Capturing the bigger picture: A gestalt of general and alcohol-specific social media usage during the transition to college as a predictor of first-year alcohol use and consequences.Addictive behaviors · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study explored the burgeoning youth practice of possessing a fake, secondary Instagram account known as a "Finsta" in relation to exposure to alcohol-related content and college drinking.
participantsFirst-year university students with at least a primary Instagram account (
methodSurveys assessed whether participants did or did not have a Finsta pre-matriculation (T1), Instagram alcohol content exposure one month into college (T2), and alcohol use at T1 and near the end of the first year (T3).
resultsModerated mediation analysis revealed that having a Finsta at T1 was associated with greater exposure to alcohol-related posts at T2 and, for male but not female students, predicted heavier drinking at T3.
conclusionFindings are consistent with previous results suggesting that males may be more behaviorally impacted by peers' depictions of alcohol use on social media. This carries implications for social media-based intervention efforts targeting first-year students.
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