Abstract Adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa are highly vulnerable to HIV, other sexually
transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancies. Evidence for the effectiveness of …

Peer and parental influences are critical socializing forces shaping adolescent development,
including the co-evolving processes of friendship tie choice and adolescent smoking. This …

We used a stochastic actor-based approach to examine the effect of peer influence and peer
selection—the propensity to choose friends who are similar—on smoking among …

This study analyzes peer effects on childhood obesity using data from the first two waves of
the IDEFICS study, which applies several anthropometric and other measures of fatness to …

Young novice drivers are at considerable risk of injury on the road. Their behaviour appears
vulnerable to the social influence of their parents and friends. The nature and mechanisms …

Adolescents often befriend peers who are similar to themselves on a range of demographic,
behavioral, and social characteristics, including substance use. Similarities in lifetime history …

Past research has shown that both social and local features are informative for customer
churn, however some studies have found that combining both kinds of data into a single …

Background Peer influence, peer selection, and health risk awareness are factors in
smoking among youth. Despite the numerous studies on the social context, social network …

Longitudinal networks evolve over time through the creation and/or deletion of links among
a set of actors (eg, individuals or organizations). A longitudinal network can be viewed as a …

Cilj je ovoga istraživanja ispitati ulogu dispozicijskih i socijalnih faktora u objašnjenju
učestalosti konzumacije cigareta i alkohola kod adolescenata u dvije vremenske točke u …