Behavior
Both gender and friendship can influence adolescent alcohol use
Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 13th, 2007
Adolescents who drink alcohol, smoke and/or use drugs tend to have peers who do the same. New research findings suggest that girls may be more influenced by their friends’ drinking. Having opposite-sex friends who drink is also associated with increased drinking for both genders. Adolescents who drink alcohol, smoke and/or use drugs tend to have peers who do the same. A new study that looked at other factors which may moderate the influence of peers has found that gender, and gender of friends, can also affect this association.
Results are published in the December issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.
"Several studies have found...
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