Adolescents' drinking and perceptions of legal and informal sanctions. A test of four hypotheses.
Peer disapproval contributed most and parental disapproval least to explaining adolescents' drinking behavior. Adolescents' moral commitment to laws and their perception of the certainty of legal sanctions had intermediate effects.
D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010379:Peer Group; D011678:Punishment; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D012938:Social Perception; D014481:United States