Declining drinking among adolescents: are we seeing a denormalisation of drinking and a normalisation of non‐drinking?

G Caluzzi, M Livingston, J Holmes, S MacLean… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background In the early 2000s, alcohol use among young people began to decline in many
western countries, especially among adolescents (ages between 12–17 years old). These …

Religion, belonging, and active citizenship: A systematic review of literature on Muslim youth in Australia

M Ozalp, M Ćufurović - Religions, 2021 - mdpi.com
Muslim youth have been under scrutiny over the last two decades from a radicalisation and
countering violent extremism lens. This bias has largely carried itself to research conducted …

University students' drinking as a social practice and the challenge for public health

S Supski, J Lindsay, C Tanner - Critical Public Health, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, we explore the relational dynamics of alcohol consumption by university
students, drawing on qualitative interviews with fifty undergraduates in Victoria, Australia …

“If You Don't Drink at University, You're Going to Struggle to Make Friends” Prospective Students' Perceptions around Alcohol Use at Universities in the United …

N Gambles, L Porcellato, KM Fleming… - Substance Use & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background New students arrive at university with pre-determined perceptions around how
alcohol can be used as a tool to overcome anxieties and secure new friendships, which in …

Re-configured pleasures: How young people feel good through abstaining or moderating their drinking

G Caluzzi, S MacLean, A Pennay - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Alcohol use has strong associations with the pursuit of pleasure, yet trends in
young people's drinking have been declining in Australia for more than 15 years. Therefore …

Alcohol and social connectedness for new residential university students: Implications for alcohol harm reduction

R Brown, S Murphy - Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Starting university is a significant life-event, commonly involving detachment from existing
social networks and emotional stresses that increase risk of drop-out. The developmental …

Alcohol and drug use in European university health science students: Relationship with self-care ability

N Colomer-Pérez, E Chover-Sierra… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: Drug abuse in university students is an emerging social and health issue. The
present study assesses alcohol and abuse of other illicit drugs and the adverse …

Reflexive habitus and the new obligation of choice: Understanding young people's light drinking and alcohol abstinence

G Caluzzi, A Pennay, S MacLean - Journal of Youth Studies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines how young people construct drinking and non-drinking as a choice by
drawing on the concept of reflexive habitus–how individuals in contemporary society …

A review of factors influencing drinking behaviours in young Australian adults using a behavioural framework approach

B Palmer, C Irwin, B Desbrow - Drug and alcohol review, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Issues Young adults (aged 18–24 years) are more likely to binge drink than any
other age group in Australia. These behaviours expose young adults to possible adverse …

'When I came to university, that's when the real shift came': alcohol and belonging in English higher education

L Fenton, H Fairbrother, V Whitaker… - Journal of youth …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
While young people's alcohol consumption has fallen sharply in the United Kingdom and
other high-income countries, universities remain places where heavy drinking is routine and …