Having Fun in the Second Modernization

Abstract

This study investigates the reasons given by Finnish adolescents for their own alcohol use, and for the use of alcohol by others. In 1999, a questionnaire on reasons for drugs use was administered to a sample of adolescents aged 14–16 ( N = 488). It was found that the reasons given (i.e., attributions) involving inner subjective experiences, referring to the “good feeling” and “fun” resulting from alcohol use are common.