Caluzzi, G., Livingston, M., Holmes, J. orcid.org/0000-0001-9283-2151 et al. (6 more authors) (2022) Declining drinking among adolescents : are we seeing a denormalisation of drinking and a normalisation of non‐drinking? Addiction, 117 (5). pp. 1204-1212. ISSN 0965-2140
Abstract
Background
In the early 2000s, alcohol use among young people began to decline in many western countries, especially among adolescents (ages between 12–17 years old). These declines have continued steadily over the past two decades, against the backdrop of much smaller declines among the general population.
Argument
Hypotheses examining individual factors fail adequately to provide the necessary ‘big picture’ thinking needed to understand declines in adolescent drinking. We use the normalisation thesis to argue that there is strong international evidence for both processes of denormalisation of drinking and normalisation of non-drinking occurring for adolescents in many western countries.
Conclusions
Research on declining adolescent drinking provides evidence of both denormalisation of alcohol consumption and normalisation of non-drinking. This has implications for enabling policy environments more amenable to regulation and increasing the acceptability of non-drinking in social contexts. Normalisation theory (and its various interpretations) provides a useful multi-dimensional tool for understanding declines in adolescent drinking.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Society for the Study of Addiction. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Addiction. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Alcohol; adolescent; declining drinking; normalisation |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2021 12:18 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2022 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/add.15611 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:176500 |