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Alcohol consumption and social network ties among adolescents: Evidence from Add Health
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The extent to which alcohol consumption increases popularity of adolescents is explored, using data from a nationally-representative sample of adolescents to identify the effect of alcohol consumption on social network ties.About:
This article is published in Addictive Behaviors.The article was published on 2014-05-01. It has received 35 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Substance abuse & Poison control.read more
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Peer social network processes and adolescent health behaviors: A systematic review
TL;DR: A systematic review of studies investigated adolescent peer social networks and health behaviors suggests that social network processes are important factors in adolescent health behaviors.
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Peer influence processes for youth delinquency and depression
TL;DR: It is argued that practitioners working with youth should consider network-informed interventions to improve program efficacy and avoid iatrogenic effects and support for theories of popularity-socialization as well as weak-ties in explaining social network factors that amplify or constrain peer influence.
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Design and methods of a social network isolation study for reducing respiratory infection transmission: The eX-FLU cluster randomized trial.
Allison E. Aiello,Amanda M. Simanek,Marisa C. Eisenberg,Alison R. Walsh,Brian Davis,Erik M. Volz,Caroline Cheng,Jeanette J. Rainey,Amra Uzicanin,Hongjiang Gao,Nathaniel D. Osgood,Dylan Knowles,Kevin G. Stanley,Kara D. Tarter,Arnold S. Monto +14 more
TL;DR: The design, methods, and social network structure of a randomized intervention for isolating respiratory infection cases in a university setting over a 10-week period are described and a feasible study design for testing the impact of isolation from social networks in aUniversity setting is identified.
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Social isolation, drunkenness, and cigarette use among adolescents.
TL;DR: The role played by marginalized social positions in youth substance use is an important yet overlooked problem and can contribute to better targeted and more effective health behavior prevention efforts for vulnerable adolescents.
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Different Kinds of Lonely: Dimensions of Isolation and Substance Use in Adolescence
TL;DR: Overall, the adolescents disengaged from their school network who also identify close friends outside their grade are at greatest risk for substance use, whereas disengagement and outside orientation are linked to higher use of all three substances.
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Beyond Homophily: A Decade of Advances in Understanding Peer Influence Processes
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School-based peer effects and juvenile behavior
Alejandro Gaviria,Steven Raphael +1 more
TL;DR: This paper used a sample of tenth-graders to test for peer-group influences on the propensity to engage in five activities: drug use, alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking, church going, and the likelihood of dropping out of high school.
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