Selection versus socialization effects of peer norms on adolescent cigarette use

Abstract

Adolescent smokers tend to have friends who also smoke. This association has been attributed to peer socialization and peer selection effects. However, evidence regarding timing and relative magnitude of these effects is mixed. Using a random-intercept cross-lagged panel model, we examined the reciprocal relations between adolescent cigarette use and perceptions of friends’ cigarette use in a sample of 387 adolescents, assessed annually for 4 years. Adolescent cigarette use predicted increases in perceived friend use before the reverse effect emerged. Further, some of the effect of early adolescent cigarette use on subsequent use was mediated by changes in perceived friend use. The results support a greater role for friend selection than socialization in predicting early adolescent cigarette use.

What differentiates youths who use e-cigarettes from those who smoke traditional tobacco products?

“…Friends’ and siblings’ smoking status are correlated with dual use among adolescents and young adults [ 55 – 58 ]. Our study investigated some factors which could be associated with tobacco use such as parental ban [ 59 , 60 ] and perception of peer smoking rate [ 61 , 62 ], neither of which have been previously studied to differentiate consumption profiles. Moreover, tobacco initiation with hookah has never been studied to investigate difference in tobacco use profile, even though it has been shown that hookah is popular among young people [ 63 , 64 ].…”

Adolescents’ own views on their risk behaviors, and the potential effects of being labeled as risk-takers: A commentary and review

“…Moreover, adolescents who had a higher percentage of friends who smoked were four times more likely to initiate smoking at a younger age than their peers (Khuder et al, 2008). However, very early initiation of smoking may be driven more by family and personal attraction to smoking than by peer influence (Loan et al, 2021).…”

“…Moreover, adolescents who had a higher percentage of friends who smoked were four times more likely to initiate smoking at a younger age than their peers ( Khuder et al, 2008 ). However, very early initiation of smoking may be driven more by family and personal attraction to smoking than by peer influence ( Loan et al, 2021 ). Cigarette and e-cigarette use are associated with similar factors, however, youth who use both types of products may have more risk factors compared to those who report to be single product users ( Sawdey et al, 2019 ).…”

Does Decreased Parental Support/Bonding or Increased Peer Deviance Lead to a Rise in Delinquency in Early Adolescence? Investigating the Left Side of the Age-Crime Curve

“…H2 builds on the strength of the peer selection effect in which early antisocial behavior leads to increased involvement with like-minded peers (Kiesner et al, 2003), reflecting, in part, a negative change in identity (Courey & Pare, 2009). Research indicates that the peer selection effect frequently either precedes, replaces, or supersedes the peer influence effect in early adolescence (Burk et al, 2012; Loan et al, 2021; Schwartz et al, 2019). Thornberry’s (1987) interactional model, in which all four effects (parental bonding, evocation, peer selection, and peer influence) should be significant based on a reciprocal model of variable relationships, it was reasoned, will find only partial support: that is, the parental bonding and peer selection effects should be significant, whereas the evocative and peer influence effects should not.…”