Introduction Significant declines in drinking among young people have been recorded in
many high-income countries over the past 20 years. This analysis explored the role of …

In adolescence, drinking in party settings represents socialisation and fun but also a red
zone for sexual assaults. Expanding current knowledge of sexual assault as a systemic …

Drawing on the framework of alcohol expectancies and their importance for drinking
behaviors, this longitudinal mixed-methods study examined changes and continuities in the …

Reporting from a three-year longitudinal study following 16 young women through their
upper secondary schooling, this article explores the lived experiences of future-making. By …

Background Alcohol marketing influences drinking practices, and this helps shape how
gender identities are constructed. This paper presents research exploring how women who …

Abstract The United Kingdom and other Western contexts can be recognised as cultures
where heavy episodic drinking is expected, normalised (van Wersch & Walker, 2009) and …

This article seeks to explore if and how period specific conditions affect young women's
thoughts about their future lives. A contextualist analysis is done of a small sample of …

ABSTRACT A rich literature has argued that so-called aspiration-raising policies tend to
individualize structural conditions and thereby reproduce forms of inequality through young …

Recent years have seen a growing public debate concerning the political regulation of
cannabis products, substantiated by a multitude of competing narratives about the effects of …

The discipline of sociology, it might be argued, is primarily concerned with uncovering how
and why human suffering persists. Of course, few sociologists would use such terminology; …