The Salience of Vomiting in Teenagers Binge Drinking Intentions

Binge drinking among Australian teenagers has been identified as a serious health issue. Unfortunately, efforts to date to address this problem have been largely ineffective. It has been suggested that using images of teenagers vomiting in social marketing campaigns isn’t effective because vomiting...

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Main Authors: Pettigrew, Simone, Pescud, M., Jarvis, W., Webb, D.
Other Authors: Dr Dewi Tojib
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Australian & New Zealand Marketing Academy 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27925
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author Pettigrew, Simone
Pescud, M.
Jarvis, W.
Webb, D.
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description Binge drinking among Australian teenagers has been identified as a serious health issue. Unfortunately, efforts to date to address this problem have been largely ineffective. It has been suggested that using images of teenagers vomiting in social marketing campaigns isn’t effective because vomiting is viewed as a positive outcome due its ability to signify a ‘big night’. The present study accessed online information posted by Australian teenagers to explore alcohol-related beliefs and behaviours that are reported online. A thematic analysis of the blogs suggests that for many Australian teenagers vomiting is still a deterrent to heavy drinking, and that they may be turning to illicit drugs to achieve an altered mental state with a lower risk of vomiting.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-279252017-01-30T13:01:58Z The Salience of Vomiting in Teenagers Binge Drinking Intentions Pettigrew, Simone Pescud, M. Jarvis, W. Webb, D. Dr Dewi Tojib Binge drinking among Australian teenagers has been identified as a serious health issue. Unfortunately, efforts to date to address this problem have been largely ineffective. It has been suggested that using images of teenagers vomiting in social marketing campaigns isn’t effective because vomiting is viewed as a positive outcome due its ability to signify a ‘big night’. The present study accessed online information posted by Australian teenagers to explore alcohol-related beliefs and behaviours that are reported online. A thematic analysis of the blogs suggests that for many Australian teenagers vomiting is still a deterrent to heavy drinking, and that they may be turning to illicit drugs to achieve an altered mental state with a lower risk of vomiting. 2009 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27925 Australian & New Zealand Marketing Academy fulltext
spellingShingle Pettigrew, Simone
Pescud, M.
Jarvis, W.
Webb, D.
The Salience of Vomiting in Teenagers Binge Drinking Intentions
title The Salience of Vomiting in Teenagers Binge Drinking Intentions
title_full The Salience of Vomiting in Teenagers Binge Drinking Intentions
title_fullStr The Salience of Vomiting in Teenagers Binge Drinking Intentions
title_full_unstemmed The Salience of Vomiting in Teenagers Binge Drinking Intentions
title_short The Salience of Vomiting in Teenagers Binge Drinking Intentions
title_sort salience of vomiting in teenagers binge drinking intentions
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27925