Trajectories of Peer Social Influences as Long-term Predictors of Drug Use from Early Through Late Adolescence
Trajectories of Peer Social Influences as Long-term Predictors of Drug Use from Early Through Late Adolescence
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DOI：
10.1007/s10964-008-9310-y
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发表时间：
2009-03-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Pentz, Mary Ann
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作者：
Duan, Lei;Chou, Chih-Ping;Pentz, Mary Ann
这项研究分析了感知到的朋友使用和感知到的同伴使用对青少年自己吸烟、饮酒和大麻使用的长期影响，作为一系列平行的增长曲线，估计在两个发展片段中，分别代表初中和高中(N=1040)。数据来自一个大型的药物滥用预防试验，中西部预防项目(MPP)。结果表明，感知到的同伴和朋友吸烟都预测了自己在青春期内和整个青春期的香烟使用量。对于自己饮酒和吸食大麻，同伴和朋友的影响主要局限于中学。研究结果表明，在针对中学的预防项目中，应该及早强调对抗同伴和朋友影响的策略。这些发现还提出了一个问题，即吸烟是否可能代表着一种不同于其他药物使用的同龄人身份认同的象征，一旦形成，可能会在青春期产生持久的不利影响。
The present study analyzed the long-term effects of perceived friend use and perceived peer use on adolescents' own cigarette, alcohol and marijuana use as a series of parallel growth curves that were estimated in two developmental pieces, representing middle and high school (N = 1,040). Data were drawn from a large drug abuse prevention trial, the Midwestern Prevention Project (MPP). Results showed that both perceived peer and friend cigarette use predicted own cigarette use within and across the adolescent years. For own alcohol and marijuana use, peer and friend influences were limited primarily to middle school. The findings suggest that strategies for counteracting peer and friend influences should receive early emphasis in prevention programs that are targeted to middle school. The findings also raise the question of whether cigarette use may represent a symbol of peer group identity that is unlike other drug use, and once formed, may have lasting adverse effects through the adolescent years.