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Normalization of Non-Drinking? Health, School Situation and Social Relations among Swedish Ninth Graders That Drink and Do Not Drink Alcohol

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  • Jonas Raninen

    (Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN), 116 64 Stockholm, Sweden
    Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
    Unit of Social Work, School of Social Sciences, Södertörn University, 141 89 Huddinge, Sweden
    Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia)

  • Peter Larm

    (Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Johan Svensson

    (Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN), 116 64 Stockholm, Sweden
    Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
    Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Michael Livingston

    (Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
    Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia
    National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia)

  • Lars Sjödin

    (Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Patrik Karlsson

    (Department of Social Work, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden)

Abstract

Alcohol consumption is a major contributor to the disease burden among adolescents. The adolescent alcohol abstainer is still often depicted as problematic in the research literature and in prominent theoretical frameworks. However, over the past two decades, there has been a marked trend of declining youth drinking in Sweden. The declining trend has led to a shift in the majority behaviour of youth, from drinking to non-drinking. It is plausible that this trend has also shifted the position of non-drinkers. This paper examines the position of non-drinkers in a nationally representative sample of Swedish adolescents. A survey was carried out in 2017 in 500 randomly selected schools. A total of 5549 respondents (15–16-year-olds) agreed to participate and answered the questionnaire. A minority (42.8%) had consumed alcohol during their lifetime. The results show that non-drinkers had better health and school performance when compared to drinkers. The results also showed that there were no differences in the social position between non-drinkers and drinkers. These findings are new and indicate a changed position of non-drinkers among Swedish adolescents. With non-drinking being the majority behaviour among Swedish adolescents this seems to have shifted the position of non-drinkers. There is a need for research on the long-term importance of not drinking during adolescence.

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  • Jonas Raninen & Peter Larm & Johan Svensson & Michael Livingston & Lars Sjödin & Patrik Karlsson, 2021. "Normalization of Non-Drinking? Health, School Situation and Social Relations among Swedish Ninth Graders That Drink and Do Not Drink Alcohol," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(21), pages 1-9, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:21:p:11201-:d:664374
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