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In the published manuscript (Scott et al., 2017), I argue that engagement may be a more meaningful way to assess the meaning and impact of youth social media use. Study 2, currently under review, examines emerging adults’ social media use in relation to their problem drinking and alcohol-related social media behaviors (e.g., posting about drinking). I found both general and alcohol-related social media engagement to be associated with risky drinking and related harm, whereas frequency was not. Finally, in Study 3 I created the Comprehensive Social Media Engagement Questionnaire (C-SMEQ) in three stages. In the first, utilizing uses and gratification theory, I generated a large pool (items = 61) of items that measures the various forms of social media engagement. Second, in order to derive and refine the items, twice I solicited feedback from different key informants (N = 22) through online surveys. As a last step, I piloted the C-SMEQ with a sample of 608 U.S. emerging adults and explored the measure’s factor structure. Understanding and exploring the impact social media engagement has will help to inform how it influences well-being, including alcohol use. Leveraging this knowledge, we can transform social work approaches, allowing us to tailor services to suit our digital age, including delivering in-the-moment alcohol use interventions to youth through social media.","**To request an accessible version of the file(s) associated with this item, contact library@buffalo.edu. 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