Both consuming alcohol and using social networking sites (SNS) are popular pastimes among adolescents. The current cross-sectional study (N = 3,133) aims to explore the relation between being exposed to and displaying alcohol-related content on SNS with alcohol abuse among adolescents aged 16–20 years. First, the results support that displaying alcohol-related content on SNS is more strongly associated with alcohol abuse than exposure to this kind of content. Furthermore, the associations of both exposure to and displaying alcohol-related content on SNS with alcohol abuse are mediated through perceived social norms of friends and attitudes toward excessive alcohol consumption. Yet, whereas alcohol-related attitudes and social norms seemed to be equally important mediators in the relation between exposure to alcohol-related content on SNS and alcohol abuse, the association between displaying alcohol-related content on SNS and alcohol abuse seemed to be mediated predominantly through a change in alcohol-related attitudes. Overall, this study sheds more light on the complex relations between SNS use and risky drinking behavior among adolescents.

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社交网站与比利时青少年酗酒之间的关联

饮酒和使用社交网站（SNS）都是青少年的流行消遣方式。当前的横断面研究（N = 3,133）旨在探讨在16至20岁的青少年中，接触和展示SNS中与酒精相关的内容与酗酒之间的关系。首先，结果支持在SNS上显示与酒精有关的内容比与暴露于此类内容更紧密地相关联。此外，在SNS中接触和展示与酒精相关的内容与滥用酒精之间的关联是通过朋友的社交规范和对过量饮酒的态度来进行的。然而，尽管与酒精有关的态度和社会规范在SNS上与酒精有关的内容与酒精滥用之间的关系中似乎同样重要，但在SNS上展示与酒精有关的内容与酒精滥用之间的关联似乎主要是通过改变与酒精有关的态度。总体而言，这项研究为青少年使用SNS与危险饮酒行为之间的复杂关系提供了更多的启示。