Adolescents' Conformity to Their Peers' Pro-Alcohol and Anti-Alcohol Norms: The Power of Popularity

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1257-1267

  Teunissen, Hanneke A ^a   Spijkerman, Renske ^a   Prinstein, Mitchell J ^b   Cohen, Geoffrey L ^c   Engels, Rutger C M E ^a   Scholte, Ron H J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Drinking norms; Peer influence; Popularity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SIMULATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 84863781383     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01728.x     Document Type: Article

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