Kathleen Beullens|Laura Vandenbosch
A Conditional Process Analysis on the Relationship Between the Use of Social Networking Sites, Attitudes, Peer Norms, and Adolescents' Intentions to Consume Alcohol
Research Foundation - Flanders|KU Leuven|University of Amsterdam
visiting social networking sites become important part adolescents leisure activities current crosssectional survey n 674 adolescents aged 1316 years aimed examine conditional process model relationships adolescents use social networking sites descriptive injunctive peer norms attitudes intentions regarding alcohol use first results support exposure alcoholrelated content social networking sites predicts respondents descriptive injunctive norms alcohol use adolescents frequently exposed alcoholrelated content believe higher number friends consume alcohol use socially acceptable descriptive injunctive norms positively associated adolescents drinking intentions second results support relationship injunctive norms intentions stronger respondents frequently exposed alcoholrelated messages facebook overall results shed light complex associations social networking sites alcohol use role peers relationship