A comparison of peer influence measures as predictors of smoking among predominately Hispanic/Latino high school adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 358-364

  Valente, Thomas W ^a   Fujimoto, Kayo ^b   Soto, Daniel ^a   Ritt Olson, Anamara ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Friends; Peer influence; Perceived smoking; Smoking; Smoking norms; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PERCEPTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PEER GROUP; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84874683326     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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