Rights statement: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Hennell, K., Piacentini, M. and Limmer, M. (2020), Exploring health behaviours: understanding drinking practice using the lens of practice theory. Sociology of Health and Illness, 42: 627-642. doi:10.1111/1467-9566.13051 which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9566.13051 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring health behaviour
T2 - Understanding drinking practice using the lens of practice theory
AU - Hennell, Kath
AU - Piacentini, Maria
AU - Limmer, Mark
N1 - This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Hennell, K., Piacentini, M. and Limmer, M. (2020), Exploring health behaviours: understanding drinking practice using the lens of practice theory. Sociology of Health and Illness, 42: 627-642. doi:10.1111/1467-9566.13051 which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9566.13051 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Research suggests that there is no safe amount of alcohol but despite this alcohol consumption remains an important part of many [young] people’s lives. Viewed as an inherently social activity drinking alcohol provides an opportunity for socialising and connecting with friends. This study is one of the first to draw on practice theory to explore one type of intoxicated drinking occasion engaged in by young people; framed in this paper as a ‘proper night out’. This article argues that this hybrid entity is made up of a series of interconnected social practices that have come and now hang together to serve to normalise and routinize intoxicated drinking occasions. The operationalisation of practice theory has enabled an in-depth exploration of intoxicated drinking and provides the potential for new ways of intervening in harmful drinking practices by refocusing attention away from individual level decision making to drinking practices.
AB - Research suggests that there is no safe amount of alcohol but despite this alcohol consumption remains an important part of many [young] people’s lives. Viewed as an inherently social activity drinking alcohol provides an opportunity for socialising and connecting with friends. This study is one of the first to draw on practice theory to explore one type of intoxicated drinking occasion engaged in by young people; framed in this paper as a ‘proper night out’. This article argues that this hybrid entity is made up of a series of interconnected social practices that have come and now hang together to serve to normalise and routinize intoxicated drinking occasions. The operationalisation of practice theory has enabled an in-depth exploration of intoxicated drinking and provides the potential for new ways of intervening in harmful drinking practices by refocusing attention away from individual level decision making to drinking practices.
U2 - 10.1111/1467-9566.13051
DO - 10.1111/1467-9566.13051
M3 - Journal article
VL - 42
SP - 627
EP - 642
JO - Sociology of Health and Illness
JF - Sociology of Health and Illness
SN - 0141-9889
IS - 3
ER -