Background Research on adolescent development suggests that peer influence may play a
key role in explaining adolescents' willingness to drink, an important predictor of drinking …

Research Summary Offender decision‐making generally occurs in social context. In this
article, we discuss the potential for integrating insights on peer processes and decision …

A range of negative health outcomes are associated with young adults' drinking practices.
One key arena where images of, and interaction about, drinking practices occurs is social …

Although many economic analyses of adolescents have examined the costs of risky
behaviors, few have investigated the gains that young people derive from such actions …

Driven by existing socialization theories, this study describes specific friendship contexts in
which peer influence of alcohol misuse and depressive symptoms occurs. In the fall and …

Background Exposure to alcohol marketing is prevalent and is associated with both initiation
and progression of alcohol use in underage youth. The mechanism of influence is not well …

Aim: In order to study the role of imitation in relation to drinking, alcohol consumption among
two peers was examined with experiments in a naturalistic drinking setting. Method: In a bar …

Aims To examine whether young adults' alcohol consumption during the course of an
evening was affected by the number of friends present, and the interaction between …

This study examined prospective associations between late adolescents' friendships and
substance use (alcohol, marijuana, tobacco) using a stochastic actor‐based modeling …

Objetivou-se avaliar a relação entre variáveis associadas aos amigos e o uso de álcool,
tabaco e drogas ilícitas em 965 adolescentes de 50 escolas públicas de Jacareí e Diadema …