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Why are young people drinking less than their parents’ generation did?

Young people in Australia, the UK, Nordic countries and North America have, on average, been drinking significantly less alcohol than their parents’ generation did when they were a similar age. A new article in The Conversation discusses why.

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The article is published on December 23 and one of the authors is Jukka Törrönen, Professor at The Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University.

The researchers write:
”A couple of decades ago, getting really drunk was widely regarded by many young people as a “rite of passage” into adulthood and a good way of taking time out from the routines of work and study.
Now, young people feel pressure to present as responsible and independent at an earlier age and some fear drinking to intoxication, and the loss of control it entails, will jeopardise their plans for the future.
This emphasis on the future means young people limit how much time they spend partying and drinking.”

Read the article published in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/why-are-young-people-drinking-less-than-their-parents-generation-did-172225

Read more about the collaboration between Stockholm University and The Conversation and how to pitch an article idea: https://www.su.se/staff/services/information-communication/pitch-an-article-idea-for-the-conversation-1.462268

More articles in The Conversation by researchers at Stockholm University: https://theconversation.com/institutions/stockholm-university-1019
 

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