Alcohol Use in Adolescent Twins and Affiliation with Substance Using Peers

Autor/inn/en	Hill, Jennifer; Emery, Robert E.; Harden, K. Paige; Mendle, Jane; Turkheimer, Eric
Titel	Alcohol Use in Adolescent Twins and Affiliation with Substance Using Peers
Quelle	In: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36 (2008) 1, S.81-94 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-0627
DOI	10.1007/s10802-007-9161-0
Schlagwörter	Drinking; Adolescents; Genetics; Social Networks; Substance Abuse; Peer Groups; Longitudinal Studies; Environmental Influences; Peer Influence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trinken; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Humangenetik; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss
Abstract	Affiliation with substance using peers is one of the strongest predictors of adolescent alcohol use. This association is typically interpreted causally: peers who drink incite their friends to drink. This association may be complicated by uncontrolled genetic and environmental confounds because teens with familial predispositions for adolescent substance use may be more likely to select into social networks where drinking is common. We test this alternative hypothesis using a sample of 1,820 twin and sibling pairs, and their same-sex best friends, from three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Across all three waves, peer report of substance use did not influence adolescent alcohol use when genetic and shared environmental predispositions for drinking were considered. The association between alcohol use and peer behavior may be a spurious association attributable to a shared genetic liability to drink alcohol and associate with peers who drink alcohol. (Author).
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