Adolescent smoking networks: The effects of influence and selection on future smoking
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2007Author
Hall, Jeffrey A.
Valente, Thomas W.
Publisher
Elsevier
Type
Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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Peer influence and peer selection have both been linked to the smoking behavior of adolescents. The present investigation uses social network analysis methodology to explore the simultaneous effects of both processes on adolescent smoking and smoking susceptibility over two time periods. Results suggest the effects of friendship selection in 6th grade on smoking behavior in 7th grade were primarily direct. Selecting smokers as friends in 6th
grade predicted both smoking and smoking susceptibility in 7th grade, and selecting susceptibles predicted future friendship selection and peer influence. Influence processes were indirectly related to smoking. Smokers' influence
in 6th grade predicts the selection of smokers as friends in 7th grade. Smokers' influence also demonstrated a protective effect when ties were not reciprocated.
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Hall, J. A., & Valente, T. W. (2007). Adolescent smoking networks: The effects of influence and selection on future smoking. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 3054-3059. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.04.008
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