title: An examination of the relationship between peer and parental influences and adolescent drug use.
abstract: The influence of six measures of peer and parental relationships on adolescent drug use are examined. Questionnaires were administered to a random sample of 600 public high school students in the Atlanta, Georgia area. The results indicated that parental relationships were critical in influencing drug use while per relationships seemed not to effect drug use.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010379:Peer Group; D012925:Social Conformity; D012932:Social Facilitation; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*