Locus of Peer Influence: Social Crowd and Best Friend.

Urberg, Kathryn A.

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ERIC Number: EJ452344

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Locus of Peer Influence: Social Crowd and Best Friend.

Urberg, Kathryn A.

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v21 n4 p439-50 Aug 1992

The relative influence of best friends and social crowds of 324 older adolescents (eleventh graders) on cigarette smoking was examined to determine influences as a function of sex, conformity, and friendship mutuality. Best friends, rather than social crowd, appeared to be the major influence in this group. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Conformity, Friendship, Grade 11, Group Dynamics, High School Students, High Schools, Peer Groups, Peer Influence, Peer Relationship, Sex Differences, Smoking, Social Influences, Socialization

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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