Do friendships change behaviors, or do behaviors change friendships? Examining paths of influence in young adolescents' alcohol use.
Do friendships change behaviors, or do behaviors change friendships? Examining paths of influence in young adolescents' alcohol use.
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DOI：
10.1016/s1054-139x(99)00056-7
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发表时间：
2000
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R. Sieving;C. Perry;Carolyn L . Williams
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作者：
R. Sieving;C. Perry;Carolyn L . Williams
PurposeThis study examined support for models of peer influence，which supposed that young adolescents whose friends use alcohol will also engage in that behavior，and of peer selection，which young adolescents seek out friends whose drinking behavior is similar to their own.MethodsData for this study are from 1804 adolescents participating in Project Northland，a school- and community-based alcohol use prevention trial.使用潜变量结构方程模型，一系列的模型研究的方向之间的影响，参与者酒精使用和朋友的药物使用超过三个点，在7，8，9年级。结果发现，更高水平的朋友的药物使用导致参与者酒精使用增加。逆序关系（即，更多的参与者参与酒精导致朋友之间更多的药物使用）并没有得到这些数据的支持。最后，最佳拟合模型支持的概念，即参与者的酒精使用和酒精和其他药物的使用的朋友是高度稳定的，随着时间的推移.ConclusionsSimilarity在青少年朋友之间的饮酒行为可能更多地涉及到过程的同龄人的影响，而不是过程的同龄人的选择。研究结果支持实用的酒精使用预防计划，装备青少年的技能，以抵制同龄人的影响，使用酒精。
PurposeThis study examined support for models of peer influence, which postulates that young adolescents whose friends use alcohol will also engage in that behavior, and of peer selection, whereby young adolescents seek out friends whose drinking behavior is similar to their own.MethodsData for this study are from 1804 adolescents participating in Project Northland, a school- and community-based alcohol use prevention trial. Using latent variable structural equation modeling, a series of models examined directions of influence between participant alcohol use and friend drug use over three points in Grades 7, 8, and 9.ResultsFindings indicated that higher levels of friends’ drug use led to increased participant alcohol use. The reverse-order relationship (i.e., greater participant involvement in alcohol leading to more drug use among friends) was not supported by these data. Finally, best-fitting models supported the notion that both participants’ alcohol use and the alcohol and other drug use of friends were highly stable over time.ConclusionsSimilarity in drinking behavior among adolescent friends may be more related to processes of peer influence than to processes of peer selection. Findings support the utility of alcohol use prevention programs that equip younger teens with skills to resist peer influences to use alcohol.