| A dynamic model of US adolescents' smoking and friendship networks. | |
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PMID: 22515861 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: We investigated the associations between smoking and friend selection in the social networks of US adolescents. METHODS: We used a stochastic actor-based model to simultaneously test the effects of friendship networks on smoking and several ways that smoking can affect the friend selection process. Data are from 509 US high school students in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, 1994-1996 (46.6% female, mean age at outset=15.4 years). RESULTS: Over time, adolescents' smoking became more similar to their friends. Smoking also affected who adolescents selected as friends; adolescents were more likely to select friends whose smoking level was similar to their own, and smoking enhanced popularity such that smokers were more likely to be named as friends than were nonsmokers, after controlling for other friend selection processes. CONCLUSIONS: Both friend selection and peer influence are associated with smoking frequency. Interventions to reduce adolescent smoking would benefit by focusing on selection and influence mechanisms. |
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Authors:
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David R Schaefer; Steven A Haas; Nicholas J Bishop |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Date: 2012-04-19 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: American journal of public health Volume: 102 ISSN: 1541-0048 ISO Abbreviation: Am J Public Health Publication Date: 2012 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2012-05-10 Completed Date: 2012-07-31 Revised Date: 2013-03-13 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 1254074 Medline TA: Am J Public Health Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: e12-8 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-3701, USA. david.schaefer@asu.edu |
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Adolescent Adolescent Behavior / psychology* Female Friends / psychology* Humans Longitudinal Studies Male Models, Statistical Peer Group Prevalence Smoking / psychology* Social Support* Stochastic Processes United States Young Adult |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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P01-HD31921/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R21 HD060927-01/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R21-HD060927/HD/NICHD NIH HHS |
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