Grade changes in peer influence on adolescent cigarette smoking: a comparison of two measures.
Grade changes in peer influence on adolescent cigarette smoking: a comparison of two measures.
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同伴对青少年吸烟影响的等级变化：两种措施的比较。
DOI：
10.1016/0306-4603(91)90036-h
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发表时间：
1991
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Shyu,SJ
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作者：
Urberg,KA;Cheng,CH;Shyu,SJ
采用纵向研究方法，对309名白色、中产阶级的8年级和11年级学生进行了同伴影响对青少年吸烟行为的影响研究。受试者提供了他们的吸烟行为，吸烟朋友的比例以及最好朋友的身份等数据。来自被称为最好朋友的人的数据被用来衡量同龄人的吸烟情况，而不是青少年对朋友吸烟的看法。同伴影响被定义为受试者的吸烟行为与他们最好的朋友的吸烟行为之间的差异。这个定义（PI 1）最大限度地减少了同伴影响与选择性关联的混淆。同伴影响对吸烟行为变化的影响，发现8年级学生比11年级学生更强，男孩比女孩更强。当使用吸烟的朋友比例（PI 2）作为同伴影响的衡量标准时，11年级学生的同伴影响效果比8年级学生强。这两种措施的相对优点进行了讨论，并提出的论点是，朋友和青少年吸烟之间的差异是一个更合适的衡量同伴的影响比吸烟的朋友的比例。
The effects of peer influence on adolescent cigarette smoking were investigated in longitudinal study of 309 white, middle-class subjects in the 8th and 11th grades. Subjects provided data on their smoking behavior, the proportion of their friends who smoked, and the identity of their best friend. Data from the person named as best friend was used to measure peer smoking, rather than the adolescent's perceptions of the friend's smoking. Peer influence was defined as the difference between the subject's smoking behavior and that of their best friend. This definition (PI1) minimized the confounding of peer influence with selective association. The effects of peer influence on change in smoking behavior were found to be stronger for 8th than 11th graders and for boys than girls. When the proportion of friends who smoke (PI2) was used as the measure of peer influence, the effects of peer influence were stronger for 11th than 8th graders. The relative merits of the two measures are discussed, and the argument is made that the difference between friend and adolescent smoking is a more appropriate measure of peer influence than the proportion of friends who smoke.