Parental and Peer Influences on Adolescent Drinking: The Relative Impact of Attachment and Opportunity.

Crawford, Lizabeth A.; Novak, Katherine B.

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ERIC Number: EJ674280

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2002

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Parental and Peer Influences on Adolescent Drinking: The Relative Impact of Attachment and Opportunity.

Crawford, Lizabeth A.; Novak, Katherine B.

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, v12 n1 p1-26 2002

Assesses the relative effects of parents and peers on adolescent alcohol use via mechanisms of attachment and opportunity. Results indicated that peers are more influential than parents in shaping adolescents' patterns of alcohol consumption and that unstructured peer interaction is an especially powerful predictor of adolescent alcohol use and binge drinking. (Contains 60 references, 3 tables, and 5 figures.) (GCP)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Drinking, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Peer Influence, Predictor Variables

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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