Friend Selection and Influence Effects for First Heavy Drinking Episode in Adolescence

Light, John M.; Mills, Kathryn L.; Rusby, Julie C.; Westling, Erika

doi:10.15288/jsad.2019.80.349

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“…Social context characteristics (i.e., being with friends and greater numbers of people) were also associated with alcohol use at different points in the night course as expected. A wealth of research has demonstrated the role of peers’ alcohol use on young people’s alcohol use behaviors (Burk et al, 2012; Light et al, 2019). When specifically examining drinking contexts, research suggests that the presence or number of friends and friend’s alcohol use are associated with young people’s alcohol use (Anderson and Brown, 2011; Connolly et al, 1992; Mayer et al, 1998; Thrul and Kuntsche, 2015).…”

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Changes in Drinking Contexts over the Night Course: Concurrent and Lagged Associations with Adolescents’ Nightly Alcohol Use

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Lipperman‐Kreda

2020

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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Background: Examining underage drinking contexts can advance the field of adolescent substance use prevention by supporting and informing interventions that can target adolescents in specific contexts. The current study examines how concurrent and lagged situational (i.e., alcohol availability and adult supervision), social (i.e., the number of people and presence of friends), and location (i.e., home vs other location) context characteristics change risks for alcohol use over the night course. Methods: Text messages with links to online surveys were used to collect ecological momentary assessment (EMA) data over 2 weekends from adolescents in California. Data were collected using adolescents' personal cell phones early and late in the evening and the following morning. Analyses were limited to adolescents with at least 1 drinking occasion during EMA (N = 58; Mage = 16.64, SD = 0.74; 48% female; 83% White). Results: Drinking earlier in the evening was positively associated with continued drinking over the night course. Context characteristics were found to play important concurrent and lagged roles in increasing the likelihood of alcohol use over evening hours. Conclusions: Findings indicated substantive concurrent and lagged social, situational, and locationbased contextual effects on adolescent alcohol use over the course of an evening. Importantly, context characteristics were differentially associated with alcohol use over the course of the evening. The fact that these contextual factors are modifiable suggests that the use of prevention strategies delivered to adolescents throughout the evening may reduce adolescents' drinking and related problems over the evening hours.

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Changes in Drinking Contexts over the Night Course: Concurrent and Lagged Associations with Adolescents’ Nightly Alcohol Use

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Lipperman‐Kreda

2020

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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Childhood Friendship Experiences and Cognitive Functioning in Later Life: The Mediating Roles of Adult Social Disconnectedness and Adult Loneliness

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Background and Objectives This study investigated the relationship between childhood friendships and cognitive functioning, as assessed with cognitive status and decline among adults aged 45 and older in China. We also examined the mediating effect of adult social disconnectedness and adult loneliness for this relationship. Research Design and Methods This study was based on 3 waves of data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS; 2011, 2013, 2015; N = 13,959). Cognitive functioning was assessed with episodic memory. Childhood friendship measures were taken from the 2014 life history module of the CHARLS. Two dimensions of adult social isolation, loneliness and social disconnectedness, were included as mediators. Latent growth curve modeling was utilized to test the associations between childhood friendships, adult social isolation, and cognitive functioning. Results Adverse childhood friendship experiences were found to be significantly associated with both lower initial cognitive status and the rate of decline in cognitive functioning. Our findings indicated that adult loneliness and social disconnectedness partly mediated the link between childhood friendship experiences and the initial level of cognitive functioning, but not cognitive decline later in life. Discussion and Implications The findings emphasized the enduring importance of childhood friendships for cognitive functioning later in life. Interventions that focus on improving social participation through fostering friendships in childhood may have long-term benefits for cognition later in life.

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Finding and Keeping Friends in College and Their Influence on Alcohol Use: A Network Analysis

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J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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Friend Selection and Influence Effects for First Heavy Drinking Episode in Adolescence

Cited by 4 publications

References 55 publications

Changes in Drinking Contexts over the Night Course: Concurrent and Lagged Associations with Adolescents’ Nightly Alcohol Use

Changes in Drinking Contexts over the Night Course: Concurrent and Lagged Associations with Adolescents’ Nightly Alcohol Use

Childhood Friendship Experiences and Cognitive Functioning in Later Life: The Mediating Roles of Adult Social Disconnectedness and Adult Loneliness

Finding and Keeping Friends in College and Their Influence on Alcohol Use: A Network Analysis

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