"Follow my Finsta": Drinking trajectories in relation to auxiliary Instagram accounts.

Autor: LaBrie JW; Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Boyle SC; Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Baez S; Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Trager BM; Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA., de Rutte JL; Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Tan CN; Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Earle AM; Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of American college health : J of ACH [J Am Coll Health] 2023 Apr; Vol. 71 (3), pp. 749-757. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 20.
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1906683
Abstrakt: Objective: This 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.
Participants: First-year university students with at least a primary Instagram account ( N  = 296) completed online surveys.
Method: Surveys 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).
Results: Moderated 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.
Conclusion: Findings 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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