Dissertation: Nicklas Dennermalm

Thesis defence

Date: Thursday 5 June 2025

Time: 10.00 – 12.00

Location: Auditorium 1, house 1, Albano, Stockholm university

Conceptualizing adolescent substance use – A multi-substance and multi-method study

Nicklas Dennermalm

Opponent: Professor Björn Johnson, Lund university
Handledare: Professor Patrik Karlsson and Professor Mats Ekedahl

The dissertation will be held in Swedish

This dissertation focuses on key conceptualizations of adolescent substance use that have been used in science, policy, and prevention to calibrate societal responses to related issues. It examines how these conceptualizations—and other ways of providing meaning to both legal and illegal substance use—function in explaining who the users are and how their use develops over time. The aim is also to explore how adolescents, upon reaching young adulthood, make sense of substance use and to what extent dominant conceptualizations are reflected in their everyday discourse. The dissertation consists of four studies based on quantitative survey data and qualitative interview data from the Futura01 cohort. The Futura01 project tracks young Swedes born in 2001 from adolescence into adulthood.

Last updated: April 29, 2025

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