Smoking-based selection and influence in gender-segregated friendship networks: A social network analysis of adolescent smoking

Addiction

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1280-1289

  Mercken, Liesbeth ^a   Snijders, Tom A B ^b,c   Steglich, Christian ^c   Vertiainen, Erkki ^d   De Vries, Hein ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescent smoking; Gender differences; Peer influence; Peer selection; SIENA; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENTING; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 77953306376     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.02930.x     Document Type: Article

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