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| Title |
The Influence of Social Media on Addictive Behaviors in College Students
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Current Addiction Reports, October 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s40429-016-0123-x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mai-Ly N. Steers, Megan A. Moreno, Clayton Neighbors |
| Abstract |
Social media has become a primary way for college students to communicate aspects of their daily lives to those within their social network. Such communications often include substance use displays (e.g., selfies of college students drinking). Furthermore, students' substance use displays have been found to robustly predict not only the posters' substance use-related outcomes (e.g., consumption, problems) but also that of their social networking peers. The current review summarizes findings of recent literature exploring the intersection between social media and substance use. Specifically, we examine how and why such substance use displays might shape college students' internalized norms surrounding substance use and how it impacts their substance use-related behaviors. Additional social media-related interventions are needed in order to target reduction of consumption among this at-risk group. We discuss the technological and methodological challenges inherent to conducting research and devising interventions in this domain. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 115 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 114 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 10% |
| Researcher | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 23 | 20% |
| Unknown | 44 | 38% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 21 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 19 | 17% |
| Unknown | 48 | 42% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 November 2019.
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#7,280,433
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Outputs from Current Addiction Reports
#139
of 325 outputs
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#110,886
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Outputs of similar age from Current Addiction Reports
#3
of 8 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 325 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 12.2. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 56% of its peers.
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