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| URV's Author/s: | Sánchez Aragón, Anna Maria |
| Author, as appears in the article.: | Sanchez-Aragon, Anna; Pastor-Gosalbez, Inma |
| Author's mail: | annamaria.sanchez@urv.cat annamaria.sanchez@urv.cat |
| Author identifier: | 0000-0002-9165-651X 0000-0002-9165-651X |
| Journal publication year: | 2025 |
| Publication Type: | Journal Publications |
| APA: | Sanchez-Aragon, Anna; Pastor-Gosalbez, Inma (2025). Motivations for tobacco and alcohol use among adolescents: a qualitative approach. Aposta-Revista De Ciencias Sociales, 105(), 12-30 |
| Paper original source: | Aposta-Revista De Ciencias Sociales. 105 12-30 |
| Abstract: | This study aims to explore the main motivations driving adolescents to consume tobacco and alcohol. Between March and June 2023, 12 focus groups were conducted with a total of 131 adolescents (aged 15 to 17) from nine secondary schools in Tarragona (Spain). The identified motivations were grouped into nine key dimensions: seeking fun and new sensations, alleviating emotional discomfort, social contagion and peer pressure, consumption as a rite of passage, using cigarettes to flirt, influence of the family microsystem (e.g., having smoking parents), easy access to the product, addiction, and low risk perception. These motivations differ by gender, highlighting the importance of considering this dimension in public health strategies. This finding is consistent with recent research that confirms the strong relationship between gender norms and substance use. |
| Link to the original source: | https://www.apostadigital.com/revistav3/hemeroteca/num105completo.pdf |
| Paper version: | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
| licence for use: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ |
| Department: | Història i Història de l'Art |
| Licence document URL: | https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/ |
| Thematic Areas: | Anthropology Ciencias humanas Ciencias sociales Economics History & philosophy of science Interdisciplinar Interdisciplinares Interdisciplinary research in the humanities Interdisciplinary research in the social sciences Multidisciplinar Philosophy Political sciences and international relations Psychology Science and technology studies Social sciences, interdisciplinary Sociología Sociologia i política Sociology |
| Keywords: | Adolescents Alcohol Cannabis Consumption Famil Motivatio Substance use Tobacco |
| Entity: | Universitat Rovira i Virgili |
| Record's date: | 2025-04-30 |
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