Peers influence the tobacco and alcohol use of Chinese adolescents

Dawn DeLay; Mengqian Shen; Rachel E. Cook; Siman Zhao; Handrea Logis; Doran C. French

doi:10.1111/jora.12828

Peers influence the tobacco and alcohol use of Chinese adolescents

Dawn DeLay, Mengqian Shen, Rachel E. Cook, Siman Zhao, Handrea Logis, Doran C. French

Social and Family Dynamics, T. Denny Sanford School of (SSFD)

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Abstract

This two-wave longitudinal study examined peer selection and influence pertaining to tobacco and alcohol use by adolescents and their friends in a sample of 854 Chinese adolescents (384 girls: mean age = 13.33 years). Participants nominated friends and self-reported their tobacco and alcohol use at seventh and again at eighth grade. Longitudinal social network analyses revealed evidence of friend influence but not selection over smoking and drinking. Boys increased their levels of smoking at rates greater than that of girls, but no sex moderation of either selection or influence was found. In interpreting these results, it is important to understand the gender norms for Chinese boys and girls and the cultural context of tobacco and alcohol use.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	591-602
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Research on Adolescence
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12828
State	Published - Jun 2023

Keywords

China
SIENA
alcohol
peer influence
tobacco

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cultural Studies
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Behavioral Neuroscience

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