Teenagers and Substance Use

Social Networks and Peer Influence

By: D. Kirke

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Hardcover | 1 December 2006 | Edition Number 1

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For years we have known that teenagers' peers influence their substance use. This book tells you how. It is not a simple explanation: it is based on the teenagers' own selection of peers and, in turn, the influence of those peers, but, in between, is the formation of social networks and the patterning of their peer ties. Chain reaction in teenagers' substance use result from the selection of peers, the patterning of peer ties and peer influence.

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List of Tables	p. ix
List of Figures	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Review of Literature	p. 10
Introduction	p. 10
Research on peers	p. 11
Research on peer groups using a social network approach	p. 13
Research on parents	p. 21
The relative impact of parents and peers	p. 23
Conclusion	p. 25
Research Methods	p. 28
Introduction	p. 28
Survey research methods	p. 29
Sources of the data	p. 29
The community: Census of families	p. 29
Population of teenagers	p. 29
The snowball sample of peers	p. 30
Methods of data collection	p. 31
The pilot study	p. 31
Data collection	p. 32
The questionnaire	p. 33
Social network questions	p. 33
Substance use questions	p. 35
Coding and data analysis	p. 36
Coding	p. 36
Data analysis	p. 36
Social network analysis	p. 36
The complete network and peer groups	p. 36
Snowball sample of peer ties	p. 39
Accuracy in network measurement	p. 39
Conclusion	p. 40
The Teenagers and their Substance Use	p. 42
Introduction	p. 42
The teenagers	p. 42
Gender	p. 43
Age	p. 43
Occupational status	p. 43
Leisure time	p. 46
Substances used by the teenagers	p. 47
Cigarettes	p. 48
Alcohol	p. 48
Drugs	p. 48
Combinations of substances used	p. 49
Teenagers' substance use by gender	p. 50
Teenagers' substance use by age	p. 51
Teenagers' substance use by occupational status	p. 52
Teenagers' substance use by education	p. 53
Conclusion	p. 54
Teenagers' Substance Use by Family Influences	p. 57
Introduction	p. 57
The teenagers' families	p. 57
Teenagers' substance use by family circumstances	p. 58
Teenagers' substance use by intact or broken family home	p. 58
Teenagers' substance use by employment status of parents	p. 59
Teenagers' substance use by social class of the family	p. 60
Teenagers' substance use by parental substance use	p. 61
Teenagers' substance use by closeness to parents	p. 62
Teenagers' substance use by parental influence	p. 64
Parental control of the teenagers' substance use	p. 65
Parental advice against substance use	p. 65
Parental control of choice of friends	p. 66
Parental control of teenagers' free-time activities	p. 66
Teenagers' substance use by siblings' substance use	p. 67
Teenagers' substance use by siblings' influence	p. 68
Conclusion	p. 68
The Role of Peers in Teenagers' Substance Use	p. 71
Introduction	p. 71
Selection of peers	p. 72
Formation of peer groups and the complete network	p. 74
Teenagers' substance use by their social position	p. 76
Similarity in substance use in dyads	p. 80
Similarity in substance use in peer groups	p. 83
Conclusion	p. 86
Peer Influence and Selection in Peer Groups	p. 89
Introduction	p. 89
Peer Group 4	p. 90
Peer Groups 8 and 9	p. 99
Conclusion	p. 102
Chain Reactions in Teenagers' Substance Use	p. 105
Introduction	p. 105
Rates of substance use in population and in case studies	p. 106
Similarity in substance use in dyads in complete network	p. 106
Peer influence in the population of teenagers	p. 108
Case studies of peer groups	p. 108
	p. 109
Similarity in Peer Group 1	p. 116
Peer influence at first substance use in Peer Group 1	p. 117
Peer influence in current substance use in Peer Group 1	p. 119
Peer influence or selection in Peer Group 1	p. 119
	p. 119
Similarity in Peer Group 2	p. 120
Peer influence at first substance use in Peer Group 2	p. 121
Peer influence in current substance use in Peer Group 2	p. 123
Peer influence or selection in Peer Group 2	p. 123
	p. 123
Similarity in Peer Group 3	p. 123
Peer influence at first substance use in Peer Group 3	p. 124
Peer influence in current substance use in Peer Group 3	p. 126
Peer influence or selection in Peer Group 3	p. 127
Conclusion	p. 127
The Role of Gender in Chain Reactions	p. 131
Introduction	p. 131
Gender and the selection of peers	p. 132
Substance use among the teenagers by their gender	p. 135
Gender and peer influence	p. 140
Gender and the patterning of peer ties	p. 143
Gender in chain reactions	p. 147
Conclusion	p. 148
Discussion and Conclusion	p. 150
Discussion	p. 151
Conclusion	p. 163
Questionnaire	p. 168
Absolute Alcohol Consumption Index	p. 181
Drug Classes	p. 182
The Patterning of Peer Ties in Peer Groups 6 and 7	p. 183
Glossary of Terms	p. 185
Bibliography	p. 189
Index	p. 197
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