Heterogeneous friendship affiliation, problem behaviors, and emotional outcomes among high-risk adolescents.
Prev Sci
; 13(3): 267-77, 2012 Jun.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22207411
ABSTRACT
Adolescent friendship groups are often heterogeneous and thus involve exposure to both deviant and nondeviant influences. This longitudinal study examined whether the addition of nondeviant peer influences in early high school protected against the negative socialization effects of deviant affiliation on both concurrent and future smoking, alcohol problems, and depressive symptomatology. Adolescents (9th and 10th grade students, N = 1,128) completed self-report questionnaires at both a baseline and 24-month assessment. Nondeviant affiliation consistently reduced the effects of deviant influences on smoking and alcohol problems but not on depressive symptoms. Findings reinforce the complexity of adolescent friendship influences and the notion that distinct mechanisms may drive the associations between deviant affiliations and behavioral and emotional outcomes throughout adolescence. Implications for prevention are also discussed.
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Assunto principal:
Grupo Associado
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Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas
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Fumar
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Comportamento do Adolescente
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Amigos
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Depressão
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Transtornos Mentais
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Prev Sci
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIA
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos