A Network Analysis of Factors Leading Adolescents to Befriend Substance-Using Peers

Our interest is in the systematic network selection processes that lead adolescents into friendships with substance-using peers. Theory suggests that adolescents with certain risk factors (i.e., weak attachments to conventional society and low self-control) are more likely to select substance-using...

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Main Author: Schaefer, David R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Adolescents
Self-control
Social Network
Social network
Stochastic Actor-Oriented Model
Substance Use
Substance use
Weak attachments
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Summary:Our interest is in the systematic network selection processes that lead adolescents into friendships with substance-using peers. Theory suggests that adolescents with certain risk factors (i.e., weak attachments to conventional society and low self-control) are more likely to select substance-using friends. Our goal is to evaluate whether adolescents with particular risk factors have a greater risk for befriending substance-using peers, while controlling for common network selection processes that can produce the same friendship pattern. These selection processes are important as they help to set the stage for later peer influence on substance use.
ISSN:1573-7799
DOI:10.1007/s10940-016-9335-4