A study published in BMCPublicHealth finds that problematic social media use may lead to the development of positive and negative alcohol expectancies in early adolescents.
It is also possible that problematic social media use could make adolescents less likely to engage in social gatherings where alcohol use is present, particularly in more introverted adolescents. Previous studies have shown problematic social media use to be associated with social isolation []. If problematic social media use leads to the adolescent withdrawing from social settings, they may be less likely to engage in social alcohol use.
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