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Pressure to drink but not to smoke: Disentangling selection and socialization in adolescent peer networks and peer groups

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: This paper examined the relative influence of selection and socialization on alcohol and tobacco use in adolescent peer networks and peer groups. The sample included 1419 Finnish secondary education students (690 males and 729 females, mean age 16 years at the outset) from nine schools. Participants identified three school friends and described their alcohol and tobacco use on two occasions one year apart. Actor-based models simultaneously examined changes in peer network ties and changes in individual behaviors for all participants within each school. Multi-level analyses examined changes in individual behaviors for adolescents entering new peer groups and adolescents in stable peer groups, both of which were embedded within the school-based peer networks. Similar results emerged from both analytic methods: Selection and socialization contributed to similarity of alcohol use, but only selection was a factor in tobacco use.

Source: Journal of Adolescence

DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.07.006

Authors: Noona Kiuru, William J. Burk, Brett Laursen, Katariina Salmela‐Aro, Jari‐Erik Nurmi

Institutions: University of Jyväskylä, Radboud University Nijmegen, Florida Atlantic University, University of Helsinki

Language: English

Topic: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Science Foundation, Academy of Finland, Jacobs Foundation, National Institute of Mental Health