Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study examined relationships between music preferences and substance use (tobacco, alcohol, cannabis) among 18,103 fifteen-year-olds from 10 European countries. In 2005-2006, across Europe, preferences for mainstream Pop (pop chart music) and Highbrow (classical music and jazz) were negatively associated with substance use, while preferences for Dance (house/trance and techno/hardhouse) were associated positively with substance use. In three countries, links were identified between liking Rock (rock, heavy metal punk/hardcore, and gothic) and substance use; associations between Urban (hip-hop and R&B) and substance use were mixed. No substantial gender differences emerged in these patterns, and controlling for relevant covariates did not attenuate the predictive value of substance use. The findings are consistent with the conclusion that music is a robust marker of adolescent substance use.
Source: Substance Use & Misuse
Institutions: Utrecht University, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Ghent University, Inserm, Radboud University Nijmegen, Addiction Switzerland, University of Bern, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Award: G9000186852
OpenAlex ID: W2139028140