Decomposing the Components of Friendship and Friends' Influence on Adolescent Drinking and Smoking
Abstract
Purpose Friendship networks are an important source of peer influence. However, existing network studies vary in terms of how they operationalize friendship and friend's influence on adolescent substance use. This study uses social network analysis to characterize three types of friendship relations: (1) mutual or reciprocated, (2) directional, and (3) intimate friends. We then examine the relative effects of each friendship type on adolescent...
Paper Details
Title
Decomposing the Components of Friendship and Friends' Influence on Adolescent Drinking and Smoking
Published Date
Aug 1, 2012
Journal
Volume
51
Issue
2
Pages
136 - 143
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