Resistance to peer influence moderates the relationship between perceived (but not actual) peer norms and binge drinking in a college student social network
Resistance to peer influence moderates the relationship between perceived (but not actual) peer norms and binge drinking in a college student social network
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10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.12.020
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发表时间：
2018-05-01
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4.4
通讯作者：
Barnett, Nancy P.
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作者：
DiGuiseppi, Graham T.;Meisel, Matthew K.;Barnett, Nancy P.
青少年和年轻人酗酒与感知到的社会规范和同伴网络中发生的饮酒行为密切相关。个体受他人行为影响的程度可能取决于个体对同伴影响的抵抗力（RPI）。方法：大学第一学期的学生（N = 1323，女性54.7%，白人57%，西班牙裔15.1%）报告了自己的酗酒行为，并报告了一年级班级中多达10名重要同学的酗酒行为。利用网络自相关模型，研究了被试的酗酒频率与重要同伴的感知和实际酗酒频率之间的横断面关系。然后，我们测试了RPI的调节作用，期望更大的RPI会削弱参与者狂欢饮酒的感知和实际同伴之间的关系。结果：在控制了协变量后，感知到的和实际的同伴狂欢饮酒是过去一个月参与者狂欢饮酒频率的统计显著预测因子。RPI显著调节了同伴狂欢饮酒感知与参与者自身狂欢饮酒之间的关联；与RPI较低的参与者相比，RPI较高的参与者这种关联较弱。RPI与网络同伴的实际酗酒行为没有交互作用。结论：RPI可以保护个体免受同伴酗酒的影响，但不能保护个体免受同伴实际酗酒的影响。
Introduction: Adolescent and young adult binge drinking is strongly associated with perceived social norms and the drinking behavior that occurs within peer networks. The extent to which an individual is influenced by the behavior of others may depend upon that individual's resistance to peer influence (RPI).Methods: Students in their first semester of college (N = 1323; 54.7% female, 57% White, 15.1% Hispanic) reported on their own binge drinking, and the perceived binge drinking of up to 10 important peers in the first year class. Using network autocorrelation models, we investigated cross-sectional relationships between participant's binge drinking frequency and the perceived and actual binge drinking frequency of important peers. We then tested the moderating role of RPI, expecting that greater RPI would weaken the relationship between perceived and actual peer binge drinking on participant binge drinking.Results: Perceived and actual peer binge drinking were statistically significant predictors of participant binge drinking frequency in the past month, after controlling for covariates. RPI significantly moderated the association between perceptions of peer binge drinking and participant's own binge drinking; this association was weaker among participants with higher RPI compared to those with lower RPI. RPI did not interact with the actual binge drinking behavior of network peers.Conclusions: RPI may function to protect individuals from the effect of their perceptions about the binge drinking of peers, but not from the effect of the actual binge drinking of peers.