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A pilot study exploring the viability of focus groups as a brief social media literacy intervention for substance use prevention among adolescents

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: This study used a sample of high school students (n= 33; M=16.4 years, SD=1.19) to explore whether focus groups (n=4) meant to inform the development of a substance use prevention social media campaign could also serve as a brief social media literacy intervention centered on alcohol and marijuana use prevention. A retrospective pretest was used to measure the effectiveness of focus groups as a social media literacy intervention while focus group transcripts were qualitatively analyzed to identify the active mechanisms that promoted participants’ use of social media literacy. Overall, findings provide preliminary evidence that using focus groups to facilitate social media literacy may be a viable method for addressing online drinking norms and content promoting marijuana use.

Source: UTC Scholar (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)

Authors: Hailee K. Dunn, Deborah N. Pearlman, Paul Florin

Language: English

Topic: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

Award: G765033514

OpenAlex ID: W3049130901

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Cites: 23

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10