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- Title
Are Negative Peer Influences Domain Specific? Examining the Influence of Peers and Parents on Externalizing and Drug Use Behaviors.
- Authors
Cox, Ronald; Criss, Michael; Harrist, Amanda; Zapata-Roblyer, Martha; Cox, Ronald B Jr; Criss, Michael M; Harrist, Amanda W
- Abstract
Most studies tend to characterize peer influences as either positive or negative. In a sample of 1815 youth from 14 different schools in Caracas, Venezuela, we explored how two types of peer affiliations (i.e., deviant and drug-using peers) differentially mediated the paths from positive parenting to youth's externalizing behavior and licit and illicit drug use. We used Zero Inflated Poisson models to test the probability of use and the extent of use during the past 12 months. Results suggested that peer influences are domain specific among Venezuelan youth. That is, deviant peer affiliations mediated the path from positive parenting to youth externalizing behaviors, and peer drug-using affiliations mediated the paths to the drug use outcomes. Mediation effects were partial, suggesting that parenting explained unique variance in the outcomes after accounting for both peer variables, gender, and age. We discuss implications for the development of screening tools and for prevention interventions targeting adolescents from different cultures.
- Subjects
VENEZUELA; PEER pressure; DRUG abuse; DRUG abuse &; society; SUBSTANCE use of youth; PARENTING; EXTERNALIZING behavior; PUBLIC health; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Primary Prevention, 2017, Vol 38, Issue 5, p515
- ISSN
0278-095X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s10935-017-0488-1