Deviant Peer Affiliation and Adolescent Tobacco and Alcohol Use: The Roles of Tobacco and Alcohol Information Exposure on Social Networking Sites and Digital Literacy
Due to the prevalence and severe harm of adolescent tobacco and alcohol use, researchers have been paying attention to its influencing factors. From the perspective of the ecological techno-subsystem theory, this study aimed to examine the correlations between deviant peer affiliation, tobacco and a...
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| author | Xuqing Bai Liangshuang Yao Changying Duan Xiaojun Sun Gengfeng Niu |
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| description | Due to the prevalence and severe harm of adolescent tobacco and alcohol use, researchers have been paying attention to its influencing factors. From the perspective of the ecological techno-subsystem theory, this study aimed to examine the correlations between deviant peer affiliation, tobacco and alcohol information exposure on social networking sites (SNSs), and adolescent tobacco and alcohol use, as well as the potential protective role of digital literacy. In total, 725 adolescents were recruited to participate in this study. The results showed that deviant peer affiliation was positively associated with adolescent tobacco and alcohol use, SNS tobacco and alcohol information exposure mediated this association, and digital literacy moderated the relationship between SNS information exposure and tobacco and alcohol use. Specifically, the association between SNS tobacco and alcohol information exposure and adolescent tobacco and alcohol use was weaker for those with high digital literacy. These findings not only explore the combined effects of offline and online risk factors but also provide guides for preventing adolescents’ tobacco and alcohol use by cultivating and enhancing digital literacy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-14e9a96c88744bb1a0513034ba2191ad2023-11-24T13:18:33ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2022-11-01121247810.3390/bs12120478Deviant Peer Affiliation and Adolescent Tobacco and Alcohol Use: The Roles of Tobacco and Alcohol Information Exposure on Social Networking Sites and Digital LiteracyXuqing Bai0Liangshuang Yao1Changying Duan2Xiaojun Sun3Gengfeng Niu4School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, ChinaDue to the prevalence and severe harm of adolescent tobacco and alcohol use, researchers have been paying attention to its influencing factors. From the perspective of the ecological techno-subsystem theory, this study aimed to examine the correlations between deviant peer affiliation, tobacco and alcohol information exposure on social networking sites (SNSs), and adolescent tobacco and alcohol use, as well as the potential protective role of digital literacy. In total, 725 adolescents were recruited to participate in this study. The results showed that deviant peer affiliation was positively associated with adolescent tobacco and alcohol use, SNS tobacco and alcohol information exposure mediated this association, and digital literacy moderated the relationship between SNS information exposure and tobacco and alcohol use. Specifically, the association between SNS tobacco and alcohol information exposure and adolescent tobacco and alcohol use was weaker for those with high digital literacy. These findings not only explore the combined effects of offline and online risk factors but also provide guides for preventing adolescents’ tobacco and alcohol use by cultivating and enhancing digital literacy.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/12/12/478deviant peer affiliationSNStobacco and alcohol informationtobacco and alcohol usedigital literacyadolescents |
| spellingShingle | Xuqing Bai Liangshuang Yao Changying Duan Xiaojun Sun Gengfeng Niu Deviant Peer Affiliation and Adolescent Tobacco and Alcohol Use: The Roles of Tobacco and Alcohol Information Exposure on Social Networking Sites and Digital Literacy Behavioral Sciences deviant peer affiliation SNS tobacco and alcohol information tobacco and alcohol use digital literacy adolescents |
| title | Deviant Peer Affiliation and Adolescent Tobacco and Alcohol Use: The Roles of Tobacco and Alcohol Information Exposure on Social Networking Sites and Digital Literacy |
| title_full | Deviant Peer Affiliation and Adolescent Tobacco and Alcohol Use: The Roles of Tobacco and Alcohol Information Exposure on Social Networking Sites and Digital Literacy |
| title_fullStr | Deviant Peer Affiliation and Adolescent Tobacco and Alcohol Use: The Roles of Tobacco and Alcohol Information Exposure on Social Networking Sites and Digital Literacy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Deviant Peer Affiliation and Adolescent Tobacco and Alcohol Use: The Roles of Tobacco and Alcohol Information Exposure on Social Networking Sites and Digital Literacy |
| title_short | Deviant Peer Affiliation and Adolescent Tobacco and Alcohol Use: The Roles of Tobacco and Alcohol Information Exposure on Social Networking Sites and Digital Literacy |
| title_sort | deviant peer affiliation and adolescent tobacco and alcohol use the roles of tobacco and alcohol information exposure on social networking sites and digital literacy |
| topic | deviant peer affiliation SNS tobacco and alcohol information tobacco and alcohol use digital literacy adolescents |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/12/12/478 |
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