The Relative Importance of Different Measures of Peer Smoking on Adolescent Smoking Behavior: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses of a Large British Cohort

摘要: Purpose To examine the relative importance of smoking behavior best friends, boyfriends/girlfriends, wider friendship group, and school year group prevalence as correlates predictors (peer influence). The article also aims to assess extent which is associated with changes in among peers who are selected be friends (selective association). Methods Using two waves data collected from 4,145 8 (12–13 years) 9 (13–14 students 29 schools, logistic regression models estimated cross-sectional association between four peer influence variables weekly occasional smoking, these three selective were 9. Results The friend, boyfriend/girlfriend, cross-sectionally higher odds smoking. In longitudinal multivariate models, only boyfriend/girlfriend Weekly was maintaining or changing having smokers group. including all variables, effects observed. Conclusions Although univariate analyses indicate an friends', current subsequent behavior, that simple do not completely explain adolescent a more complex interrelationship exists peer's socialization.