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ERIC Number: EJ959378
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
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A Network Method of Measuring Affiliation-Based Peer Influence: Assessing the Influences of Teammates' Smoking on Adolescent Smoking
Fujimoto, Kayo; Unger, Jennifer B.; Valente, Thomas W.
Child Development, v83 n2 p442-451 Mar-Apr 2012
Using a network analytic framework, this study introduces a new method to measure peer influence based on adolescents' affiliations or 2-mode social network data. Exposure based on affiliations is referred to as the "affiliation exposure model." This study demonstrates the methodology using data on young adolescent smoking being influenced by joint participation in school-based organized sports activities with smokers. The analytic sample consisted of 1,260 American adolescents from ages 10 to 13 in middle schools, and the results of the longitudinal regression analyses showed that adolescents were more likely to smoke as they were increasingly exposed to teammates who smoke. This study illustrates the importance of peer influence via affiliation through team sports.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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