Very young adolescents and alcohol: Evidence of a unique susceptibility to peer alcohol use

Kelly, Adrian B.; Chan, Gary; Toumbourou, John W.; O’Flaherty, Martin; Hömel, Ross; Patton, George C.; Williams, Joanne

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.11.038

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“…One of the strongest risk factors for adolescent alcohol use is perceived peer approval of alcohol (injunctive norms) and perceived peer alcohol use (descriptive norms; D' Amico and McCarthy, 2006;Kelly et al, 2012;Trucco et al, 2011). Peer norms provide indirect information about what drinking behaviors are appropriate and respected and, accordingly, what behaviors will likely lead to social acceptance (Borsari and Carey, 2001).…”

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Willingness to Drink as a Function of Peer Offers and Peer Norms in Early Adolescence

Jackson

Colby

et al. 2014

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: The goal of this study was to explore the effect of subjective peer norms on adolescents' willingness to drink and whether this association was moderated by sensitivity to peer approval, prior alcohol use, and gender. Method: The sample was 1,023 middleschool students (52% female; 76% White; 12% Hispanic; M age = 12.22 years) enrolled in a prospective study of drinking initiation and progression. Using web-based surveys, participants reported on their willingness to drink alcohol if offered by (a) a best friend or (b) a classmate, peer norms for two referent groups (close friends and classmates), history of sipping or consuming a full drink of alcohol, and sensitivity to peer approval (extreme peer orientation). Items were re-assessed at two followups (administered 6 months apart). Results: Multilevel models revealed that measures of peer norms were signifi cantly associated with both willingness outcomes, with the greatest prediction by descriptive norms. The association between norms and willingness was magnifi ed for girls, those with limited prior experience with alcohol, and youths with low sensitivity to peer approval. Conclusions: Social norms appear to play a key role in substance use decisions and are relevant when considering more reactive behaviors that refl ect willingness to drink under conducive circumstances. Prevention programs might target individuals with higher willingness, particularly girls who perceive others to be drinking and youths who have not yet sipped alcohol but report a higher perceived prevalence of alcohol consumption among both friends and peers. (J.

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Section: Social Normative Infl Uencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Willingness to Drink as a Function of Peer Offers and Peer Norms in Early Adolescence

Jackson

Colby

et al. 2014

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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“…One of the strongest and most consistent correlates of adolescent drug use is peer drug use (Cumsille, Sayer, & Graham, 2000;Kelly et al, 2012). Given the proliferation of drug use amongst adolescents, particularly alcohol, tobacco and to a lesser extent cannabis, vulnerable young adolescents are highly likely to be exposed to drug paraphernalia and offers to use drugs.…”

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Peer drug use and adolescent polysubstance use: Do parenting and school factors moderate this association?

Chan

Kelly

Carroll

et al. 2017

Addictive Behaviors

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Aims This study examined the association between peer drug use and adolescent polysubstance use, and investigated if this association was moderated by parenting and/or school factors. MethodsThe sample consisted of 9,966 participants (mean age = 14.3; 49.34% males) randomly selected from secondary schools in Victoria, Australia. Three 30-day polysubstance use profiles were derived from latent class analysis -no drug use (47.7%), mainly alcohol use (44.1%) and polysubstance use (8.2%). These profiles were then regressed on peer's drug use, family conflict,

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“…Interventions that aim to reduce risky drinking in adolescents are often based on theories that assume this behaviour can be changed by targeting attitudes and intentions. However, adolescence is characterised by high levels of impulsivity (Arnett, 2007;Powell, 2006) and drinking tends to occur in social situations where peer influences are strong (Gibbons, Gerrard, & Lane, 2003;Kelly et al, 2012).…”

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Age differences in alcohol prototype perceptions and willingness to drink in UK adolescents

Davies

Martin

Foxcroft

2015

Psychology, Health & Medicine

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Using the Prototype Willingness Model (PWM) as a framework, this study sought to explore the relationship between prototype perceptions, willingness and alcohol consumption in a sample of adolescents in the United Kingdom. Adolescents aged 11-17 were asked about their alcohol prototype perceptions, willingness to drink, intentions, alcohol consumption, drunkenness and harms using a cross sectional online survey. Participants were recruited through opportunity sampling via schools and parents. The survey was completed by 178 respondents (51% female; 91 aged 11-15, 87 aged 16-17). Multivariate analysis revealed significant differences between participants aged 11-15 and 16-17 on PWM measures, even when experience with drinking was accounted for (p<.001). There were significant interactions (p<.001) between age and prototype perceptions; younger participants rated non-drinker prototypes as more favourable and more similar to the self than 16-17 year-old participants. Willingness and intentions interacted with age; both measures were similar in 16-17 year-olds, whereas younger participants scored significantly higher on willingness than intentions (p<.001). Three distinct scales of prototype descriptions were identified in principal components analysis.Characteristics related to sociability significantly predicted willingness to drink alcohol in the sample (p<.001). This study extends previous research by demonstrating that the PWM can provide a theoretical explanation of adolescent drinking in the UK. The results suggest that 11-15 year-olds may the most suitable age for an intervention that targets alcohol prototypes, with a focus on sociability characteristics.

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Very young adolescents and alcohol: Evidence of a unique susceptibility to peer alcohol use

Abstract: The results point to the importance of monitoring and responding to comparatively minor shifts in the proportion of peers who use alcohol, particularly among very young adolescents.

Cited by 87 publications

References 36 publications

Willingness to Drink as a Function of Peer Offers and Peer Norms in Early Adolescence

Willingness to Drink as a Function of Peer Offers and Peer Norms in Early Adolescence

Peer drug use and adolescent polysubstance use: Do parenting and school factors moderate this association?

Age differences in alcohol prototype perceptions and willingness to drink in UK adolescents

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