Abstract

Initiation of alcohol use often takes place in adolescence. This longitudinal study explores adolescents’ alcohol use by highlighting mediators in their network that either hinder or facilitate alcohol consumption. Qualitative individual interviews were conducted with 75 adolescents (age 15–16) during their final year of lower secondary school (LSS), and their first year of upper secondary school (USS) (age 16–17), amounting to 150 interviews in total. Three drinking practices were identified during the transition from LSS to USS. The abstainers did not drink either in LSS or USS. They emphasized negative effects of alcohol and ascribed their non-drinking to the mediating role of parental expectations, sports and school achievements, and weak social ties. The initiators started to drink in USS and described increased acceptance, availability, peer pressure and social benefits as mediators for alcohol use initiation. The drinkers drank alcohol in both LSS and USS, and the mediators for drinking ranged from curiosity and social lifestyles to personal vulnerability traits. This study identified hindering and facilitating mediators for drinking, but also highlighted blurred boundaries between drinking and non-drinking: non-drinkers recognized social benefits associated with drinking, and drinkers highlighted control and responsible drinking alongside the pleasure and social benefits of drinking.

摘要

酒精使用的开始通常发生在青春期。这项纵向研究通过突出青少年网络中阻碍或促进饮酒的中介来探索青少年的饮酒情况。在初中最后一年 (LSS) 和高中一年级 (USS)（16-17 岁）期间，对 75 名青少年（15-16 岁）进行了定性个人访谈，总共进行了 150 次访谈. 在从 LSS 到 USS 的过渡期间，确定了三种饮酒习惯。戒酒者不喝 LSS 或 USS。他们强调酒精的负面影响，并将他们不饮酒归因于父母期望、体育和学校成绩以及社会关系薄弱的中介作用。始作俑者_开始在 USS 饮酒，并将接受度、可用性、同伴压力和社会福利的增加描述为开始饮酒的中介。饮酒者在 LSS 和 USS 都饮酒，饮酒的中介因素从好奇心和社交生活方式到个人脆弱性特征。这项研究确定了饮酒的阻碍和促进调解因素，但也强调了饮酒和不饮酒之间模糊的界限：不饮酒者认识到与饮酒相关的社会效益，饮酒者强调控制和负责任的饮酒以及饮酒的乐趣和社会效益。