Disentangling social selection and social influence effects on adolescent smoking: The importance of reciprocity in friendships

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1483-1492

  Mercken, Liesbeth ^a   Candel, Math ^a   Willems, Paul ^a   De Vries, Hein ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Friends; Influence; Reciprocity; Selection; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; SIBLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIAL SELECTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 34547829558     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01905.x     Document Type: Article

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