OBJECTIVE Exposure to alcohol in the media is pervasive and may influence adolescents' perceptions and use of alcohol. The purpose of this study was to better understand how adolescents perceive alcohol-related content in both entertainment and social media, with a focus on the valence of portrayals (i.e., positive, negative) and impacts on cognitions and behaviors. METHOD Participants were 40 high school students (60% female). Nine focus groups were conducted via videoconferencing, stratified by grade (9th/10th, 11th/12th) and gender. Transcripts were analyzed via template-style thematic analyses to identify themes. RESULTS Six themes were developed, including (a) some portrayals of alcohol may increase likelihood of using alcohol, (b) some portrayals of alcohol in the media can discourage drinking, (c) sometimes truly negative consequences of alcohol are portrayed positively or downplayed, (d) media portrayals of alcohol are perceived to be based in reality but are at times exaggerated, (e) adolescent and adult alcohol use is portrayed differently in entertainment media, and (f) the extent to which adolescents are influenced by the media may depend on their preexisting attitudes, beliefs, and education. CONCLUSIONS Adolescents have awareness of media portrayals of alcohol, both positive and negative, and their associated impacts. Findings highlight the need for much more work to understand the conditions under which, and for whom, exposure to different types of positive portrayals of alcohol in the media translate into positive expectancies about alcohol or drinking motives. Such work may ultimately inform intervention targets to reduce early initiation and/or risky drinking among adolescents. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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青少年对媒体中酒精描述的看法及其对认知和行为的影响。

目的 媒体中酒精的暴露非常普遍，可能会影响青少年对酒精的看法和使用。本研究的目的是更好地了解青少年如何看待娱乐和社交媒体中与酒精相关的内容，重点关注描述的效价（即积极的、消极的）以及对认知和行为的影响。方法 参与者为 40 名高中生（60% 为女性）。九个焦点小组通过视频会议进行，按年级（第 9/10、11/12）和性别分层。通过模板式主题分析来分析成绩单以识别主题。结果 制定了六个主题，包括（a）一些对酒精的描述可能会增加饮酒的可能性，（b）媒体中对酒精的一些描述可能会阻止饮酒，（c）有时酒精的真正负面后果被积极地描述或淡化， (d) 媒体对酒精的描述被认为是基于现实，但有时被夸大了，(e) 娱乐媒体对青少年和成人饮酒的描述不同，以及 (f) 青少年受媒体影响的程度可能会有所不同。取决于他们先前存在的态度、信仰和教育。结论 青少年了解媒体对酒精的正面和负面描述及其相关影响。研究结果强调，需要做更多的工作来了解在什么条件下以及对于谁来说，媒体中对酒精的不同类型的正面描述会转化为对酒精或饮酒动机的积极预期。此类工作最终可能会为干预目标提供信息，以减少青少年过早开始饮酒和/或危险饮酒。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。