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Alcohol use in adolescent twins and affiliation with substance using peers.
- Source :
- Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology; Jan2008, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p81-94, 14p, 1 Diagram, 7 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Affiliation with substance using peers is one of the strongest predictors of adolescent alcohol use. This association is typically interpreted causally: peers who drink incite their friends to drink. This association may be complicated by uncontrolled genetic and environmental confounds because teens with familial predispositions for adolescent substance use may be more likely to select into social networks where drinking is common. We test this alternative hypothesis using a sample of 1,820 twin and sibling pairs, and their same-sex best friends, from three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Across all three waves, peer report of substance use did not influence adolescent alcohol use when genetic and shared environmental predispositions for drinking were considered. The association between alcohol use and peer behavior may be a spurious association attributable to a shared genetic liability to drink alcohol and associate with peers who drink alcohol. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ALCOHOL drinking
TEENAGERS
PEERS
SOCIAL networks
TWINS
SIBLINGS
BEST friends
INFLUENCE
ADOLESCENT psychology
SMOKING & psychology
COMPARATIVE studies
COMPUTER software
LONGITUDINAL method
MATHEMATICS
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
MULTIVARIATE analysis
RESEARCH
RESEARCH funding
SEX distribution
SMOKING
SOCIAL skills
TWIN psychology
AFFINITY groups
EVALUATION research
SOCIAL context
ALCOHOLIC intoxication
PSYCHOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00910627
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31389488
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-007-9161-0