Early Adolescent and Peer Drinking Homogeneity

Similarities and Differences Among European and North American Countries

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11670804
AutoresTilda Farhat (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA, autor de correspondencia), Bruce G Simons‐morton (0000-0003-1099-6617, National Institutes of Health), Bruce G Simons-Morton (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA), Anna Kokkevi (Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece), Winfried van der Sluijs (University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK), Anastasios Fotiou (0000-0001-7905-3241, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece), Emmanuel Kuntsche (0000-0001-8931-0790, Addiction Info Switzerland Research Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Año2011
Volumen32
Número1
Páginas81-103
Fecha de publicación2011-12-05
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431611419511
PMID27087733
OpenAlexW2104206984
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas37

This study examined associations between perceived peer and adolescent alcohol use in European and North American countries. Self-reported monthly alcohol use and adolescents' report of their peers' alcohol use were assessed in nationally representative samples of students aged 11.5 and 13.5 years ( n = 11,277) in Greece, Scotland, Switzerland, and the United States who participated in the 2005/2006 Health Behavior in School-Aged Children survey. Cross-national associations between perceived peer and adolescent alcohol use were examined using logistic regressions and interactions by gender and country. Perceived peer and adolescent alcohol use were positively associated in all countries, but the association was notably weaker in Greece than in Scotland (boys), and in Greece compared to Switzerland (girls). Further examination of the underlying processes that explain stronger and weaker associations between perceived peer and adolescent alcohol use in some settings could guide the development of effective, culture-specific interventions

Adolescent health · Association (psychology · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Peer group · Peer review · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes