Pressure to drink but not to smoke: disentangling selection and socialization in adolescent peer networks and peer groups.
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.
Kiuru
Noona
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Center of Excellence in Learning and Motivation Research, Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland. NOONA.H.KIURU@JYU.FI
Burk
William J
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Laursen
Brett
B
Salmela-Aro
Katariina
K
Nurmi
Jari-Erik
JE
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D012951:Socialization; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires