Why Do Adolescents Overestimate Their Peers' Smoking Prevalence? Correlates of Prevalence Estimates among California 8th-Grade Students

Used data from a statewide sample of 5,870 eighth graders in California to examine the correlates of smoking prevalence estimates. Best friends' smoking accounted for the largest proportion of the variance in prevalence estimates. Smoking by peers may give adolescents the impression that smokin...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of youth and adolescence 2002-04, Vol.31 (2), p.147-153
Hauptverfasser:	Unger, Jennifer B, Rohrbach, Louise Ann
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Academic achievement Addictive behaviors Adolescents Adult and adolescent clinical studies Attitudes Biological and medical sciences California Cigarettes Correlation Estimates Estimation Estimation bias Ethnicity Exaggeration Health behavior Incidence Inferences Influence Junior High School Students Junior High Schools Medical sciences Peer Groups Peer Influence Peers Perceptions Prevalence Prevention programs Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Schools Smoking Social Networks Socialization Students Teenagers Tobacco Tobacco smoking USA
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Zusammenfassung:	Used data from a statewide sample of 5,870 eighth graders in California to examine the correlates of smoking prevalence estimates. Best friends' smoking accounted for the largest proportion of the variance in prevalence estimates. Smoking by peers may give adolescents the impression that smoking is more normative and prevalent than it actually is. (SLD)
ISSN:	0047-2891 1573-6601
DOI:	10.1023/A:1014074027415