@article{ref1,
title=""Follow my Finsta": drinking trajectories in relation to auxiliary instagram accounts",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2021",
author="LaBrie, Joseph W. and Boyle, Sarah C. and Baez, Sebastian and Trager, Bradley M. and de Rutte, Jennifer L. and Tan, Cara N. and Earle, Andrew M.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study explored the burgeoning youth practice of possessing a fake, secondary Instagram account known as a &quot;Finsta&quot; in relation to exposure to alcohol-related content and college drinking. PARTICIPANTS: First-year university students with at least a primary Instagram account (N = 296) completed online surveys. <br><br>METHOD: Surveys assessed whether participants did or did not have a Finsta pre-matriculation (T1), Instagram alcohol content exposure one month into college (T2), and alcohol use at T1 and near the end of the first year (T3). <br><br>RESULTS: Moderated mediation analysis revealed that having a Finsta at T1 was associated with greater exposure to alcohol-related posts at T2 and, for male but not female students, predicted heavier drinking at T3. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Findings are consistent with previous results suggesting that males may be more behaviorally impacted by peers' depictions of alcohol use on social media. This carries implications for social media-based intervention efforts targeting first-year students.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2021.1906683",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2021.1906683"
}