Adolescent smoking networks: The effects of influence and selection on future smoking

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3054-3059

  Hall, Jeffrey A ^a   Valente, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle school students; Peer pressure; Peer relations; Risk factors; Social influences; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING NETWORK; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PEER PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PROCESS DESIGN; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALGORITHMS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 34748916520     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Alexander C., Piazza M., Mekos D., and Valente T.W. Peer networks and adolescent cigarette smoking: An analysis of the national longitudinal study of adolescent health. Journal of Adolescent Health 29 (2001) 22-30
2. Chassin L., Presson C.C., and Sherman J.J. Cigarette smoking and adolescent psychosocial development. Basic and Applied Social Psychology 5 (1984) 295-315
3. Derzon J.H., and Lipsey M.W. Predicting tobacco use to age 18: A synthesis of longitudinal research. Addiction 94 (1999) 995-1006
4. Hahn G., Charlin V.L., Sussman S., Dent C.W., Manzi J., Stacy A.W., et al. Adolescent's first and most recent use situations of smokeless tobacco and cigarettes: Similarities and differences. Addictive Behaviors 15 (1990) 414-430
5. Jones D.N., Schroeder J.R., and Moolchan E.T. Time spent with friends who smoke and quit attempts among teen smokers. Addictive Behaviors 29 4 (2004) 723-729
6. Kirke D.M. Chain reactions in adolescents' cigarette, alcohol and drug use: Similarity through peer influence or the patterning of ties in peer networks?. Social Networks 26 (2004) 3-28
7. Pierce J.P., Choi W.S., Gilpin E.A., Farkas A.J., and Merritt R.K. Validation of susceptibility as a predictor of which adolescents take up smoking in the United States. Health Psychology 15 (1996) 355-361
8. Urberg K.A., Degirmencioglu S.M., and Pilgrim C. Close friend and group influence on adolescent cigarette smoking and alcohol use. Developmental Psychology 33 (1997) 834-844
9. Valente T.W. Network models of the diffusion of innovations (1995), Hampton Press, Cresskill, NJ
10. Valente T.W. Models and methods for innovation diffusion. In: Carrington P.J., Scott J., and Wasserman S. (Eds). Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis (2005), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK 98-116
11. Wasserman S., and Faust K. Social network analysis: Methods and applications (1994), Cambridge University Press, New York, NY