Background Social media (SM) have become the integral part of consumers' daily life,
prompting multidisciplinary research on their link with human behaviors, including food …

Couched within the self-effects paradigm of social media influence, this research examines
how posting a health promotion message to one's social media influences one's own, versus …

The article aims to provide a profound understanding of the multifaceted role of adolescents'
social media use in the context of drinking onset. It differentiates between exposure and …

This study is among the first to cross-culturally compare the associations between social
media use and emerging adults' drinking behavior in an accepting (Belgium) and …

The present longitudinal study (N= 596, Mage at baseline= 16.96, SD=. 78) combines an
interdependent social media effects approach with Slater's reinforcing spirals model. As …

Background COVID-19 and measures to contain it may have impacted college students'
behavior, including their drinking behavior. Students' drinking may have decreased—for …

Encouraging prosocial tendencies toward others' physical appearance is crucial for
promoting a positive body image during adolescence. Social media content that highlights …

The transformation framework (Nesi et al., 2018a, 2018b) describes the ways in which the
features of social media shape adolescents' peer experiences. In the current chapter, we …

Background & purpose. Research indicates a positive relationship between sharing alcohol
references on social media and drinking behavior. The current study extends that line of …

Objective: Accumulating evidence indicates that social networking sites play an increasingly
important role in young people's drinking behavior. The present study adds to this research …