Researching the decline in adolescent drinking: The need for a global and generational approach

Pennay, Amy; Holmes, John; Törrönen, Jukka; Livingston, Michael; Kraus, Ludwig; Room, Robin

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Researching the decline in adolescent drinking: The need for a global and generational approach

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posted on 2024-01-09, 22:51 authored by Amy PennayAmy Pennay, John Holmes, Jukka Törrönen, Michael LivingstonMichael Livingston, Ludwig Kraus, Robin RoomRobin Room

Adolescent alcohol consumption has been in decline across many high-income countries since the early to mid-2000s. This is a significant public health trend, with few documented examples from history where such a global downward shift in alcohol consumption has occurred primarily among the adolescent segment of the population. In this commentary we describe the nature and breadth of the trend; reflect on the environmental, social and policy factors that have been proffered; and argue that to adequately understand and support the maintenance of these trends, three important methodological considerations are needed for future research. Firstly, longitudinal panel and qualitative studies are needed to complement and inform continuing cross-sectional research. Secondly, a collaborative cross-cultural approach is needed to contextualise the international scale of the trend and thirdly, future research must be situated within a historical and generational perspective to understand declines in adolescent drinking in the context of a broader shift in adolescent behaviours.

Funding

AP and ML are supported by fellowship funding fromthe National Health and Medical Research Council(GNT1069907 and GNT1123840, respectively). TheCentre for Alcohol Policy Research receives core fund-ing from the Foundation for Alcohol Research andEducation. This commentary draws on a broader pro-gram of work developed through funding from theAustralian Research Council (DP160101380).

History

Publication Date

2018-04-01

Journal

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volume

37

Issue

S1

Pagination

5p. (p. S115-S119)

Publisher

Wiley

ISSN

0959-5236

Rights Statement

© The Authors 2018. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Pennay, A., Holmes, J., Törrönen, J., Livingston, M., Kraus, L. and Room, R. (2018), Researching the decline in adolescent drinking: The need for a global and generational approach. Drug Alcohol Rev., 37: S115-S119, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.12664. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions (see https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/licensing/self-archiving.html). This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation.