title: Binge drinking trajectories from adolescence to young adulthood: the effects of peer social network.
abstract: This study investigates an association between social network characteristics and binge drinking from adolescence to young adulthood, utilizing National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (n = 7,966) and employing social network and longitudinal analysis. Lower integration and socialization with alcohol-using peers had immediate risks of binge drinking during adolescence; however, over time, the effects of socialization with alcohol-using peers had the most dramatic reduction. The most prestigious adolescents had the highest longitudinal risks of binge drinking, although they had no immediate risk. Alcohol consumption-related interventions overlooking longitudinal dynamics of social networks may not effectively prevent adolescents from binge drinking in young adulthood.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. hahm@bu.edu
authors.forename: Hyeouk Chris
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hahm
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kolaczyk
authors.forename: Jisun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Theadora
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Swenson
authors.forename: Asma Moiz
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bhindarwala
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000506:poisoning*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D000431:Ethanol