Dynamics of adolescent friendship networks and smoking behavior: Social network analyses in six European countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1506-1514

  Mercken, Liesbeth ^a   Snijders, Tom A B ^b,c   Steglich, Christian ^b   de Vries, Hein ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Europe; Friendship; Influence; Prevention; School; Selection; Smoking; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRIENDSHIP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENTAL SMOKING; PEER GROUP; PORTUGAL; SIBLING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 71149098518     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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