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Perception of friends' use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana among urban schoolchildren: a longitudinal analysis.

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Iannotti, RJ; Bush, PJ; Weinfurt, KP
Published in: Addict Behav
1996

Relations between adolescents' substance use and perceptions of their friends' substance use were examined cross-sectionally and longitudinally in a predominantly African-American school district. Fourth- and fifth-grade students were surveyed and tracked for 4 consecutive years. Cross-sectional samples included 3,073, 5,955, 7,701, and 6,616 students in years 1 to 4, respectively; the longitudinal sample included 1,802 students surveyed in every year. Self-reported substance use of friends and classmates also was assessed. Perceived friends' substance use had a stronger association with prior substance use than friends' self-reported substance use in every year. Perceived family use and classmates' self-reported use also made independent contributions to regression models. Longitudinal structural equation analyses indicated that perceived friends' use is more likely to be a product of an adolescent's previous substance use than a precursor of subsequent substance use. The findings contradict prevailing theories on the influence of peers on substance use.

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Addict Behav

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ISSN

0306-4603

Publication Date

1996

Volume

21

Issue

5

Start / End Page

615 / 632

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Urban Health
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Substance Abuse
  • Social Perception
  • Social Control, Informal
  • Smoking
  • Sampling Studies
  • Regression Analysis
  • Peer Group
  • Odds Ratio
 

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Iannotti, R. J., Bush, P. J., & Weinfurt, K. P. (1996). Perception of friends' use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana among urban schoolchildren: a longitudinal analysis. Addict Behav, 21(5), 615–632. https://doi.org/10.1016/0306-4603(95)00086-0
Iannotti, R. J., P. J. Bush, and K. P. Weinfurt. “Perception of friends' use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana among urban schoolchildren: a longitudinal analysis.Addict Behav 21, no. 5 (1996): 615–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/0306-4603(95)00086-0.
Iannotti, R. J., et al. “Perception of friends' use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana among urban schoolchildren: a longitudinal analysis.Addict Behav, vol. 21, no. 5, 1996, pp. 615–32. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/0306-4603(95)00086-0.
Journal cover image

Published In

Addict Behav

DOI

ISSN

0306-4603

Publication Date

1996

Volume

21

Issue

5

Start / End Page

615 / 632

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Urban Health
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Substance Abuse
  • Social Perception
  • Social Control, Informal
  • Smoking
  • Sampling Studies
  • Regression Analysis
  • Peer Group
  • Odds Ratio