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TY - CHAP
T1 - Non-drinkers and non-drinking
T2 - A review, a critique and pathways to policy
AU - Banister, Emma
AU - Conroy, Dominic
AU - Piacentini, Maria
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - Non-drinkers make up a growing proportion of young adults in many countries. Perhaps mirroring this, academic research focused on non-drinkers is an emerging field of work across disciplinary boundaries. In this chapter, we first provide an overview of qualitative research which has tended to focus on non-drinking as a lifestyle choice for young people, entailing issues relating to motivation, identity and self-management, and quantitative research which have typically explored how ‘views of non-drinkers’ might predict drinking behaviour among young adults and young people. We then problematise understandings of ʼnon-drinkers’ and ʼnon-drinking’ as straightforward terms drawing on contemporary sociological theory and critical research. The chapter concludes with an exploration of how these emergent themes of the ʼnon-drinking literature’ might be used to inform policy and practice to promote moderate alcohol consumption among young adults. We also explore a future research agenda for academics planning research concerning non-drinking and non-drinkers.
AB - Non-drinkers make up a growing proportion of young adults in many countries. Perhaps mirroring this, academic research focused on non-drinkers is an emerging field of work across disciplinary boundaries. In this chapter, we first provide an overview of qualitative research which has tended to focus on non-drinking as a lifestyle choice for young people, entailing issues relating to motivation, identity and self-management, and quantitative research which have typically explored how ‘views of non-drinkers’ might predict drinking behaviour among young adults and young people. We then problematise understandings of ʼnon-drinkers’ and ʼnon-drinking’ as straightforward terms drawing on contemporary sociological theory and critical research. The chapter concludes with an exploration of how these emergent themes of the ʼnon-drinking literature’ might be used to inform policy and practice to promote moderate alcohol consumption among young adults. We also explore a future research agenda for academics planning research concerning non-drinking and non-drinkers.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-28607-1_11
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-28607-1_11
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85086561495
SN - 9783030286064
SN - 9783030286095
SP - 213
EP - 232
BT - Young Adult Drinking Styles
A2 - Conroy, Dominic
A2 - Measham, Fiona
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
CY - Cham
ER -