Social class differences in parental and peer influence on adolescent drug use

Parental and Peer Influences on Adolescent Drug Use in Korea

“…There is a large body of evidence that provides consistent (and usually strong) support of social learning theory as an explanation of adolescent substance use and delinquency (see Agnew, 1991a;Akers et al, 1979;Akers & Lee, 1996;1999;Conger & Simons, 1995;Dabney, 1995;Elliott et al, 1985;Inciardi, Horowitz, & Pottiger, 1993;Johnson, 1988;Kandel & Andrews, 1987;Kandel & Davies, 1991;Lauritsen, 1993;Massey & Krohn, 1986;Matsueda, 1982;Matsueda & Heimer, 1987;McGee, 1992;Rowe & Gulley, 1992;Warr, 1993a, b;Warr & Stafford, 1991;Winfree, Griffiths, & Sellers, 1989;Winfree, Sellers, & Clason, 1993;Winfree, Mays, & Vigil-Backstrom, 1994;Wood, Cochran, Pfefferbaum, & Arneklev, 1995;Haynie, 2002;Warr, 2002;Akers & Sellers, 2004).…”

“…These theories are the most frequently applied, tested, and endorsed by American criminologists as explanations of both serious and minor offending Stitt & Giacopassi, 1992). The research literature on these theories, then, is extensive and some of it compares the two with one another and with other theories (Agnew, 1991b;Akers, 1998;Akers & Cochran, 1985;Akers et al, 1979;Akers & Lee, 1999;Akers & Sellers, 2004;Benda, 1994;Benda & DiBlasio, 1991;Costello, 2000;Costello & Vowell, 1999;Kandel & Davies, 1991;Krohn, Lanza-Kaduce, & Akers, 1984;Longshore, 1998;Matsueda & Heimer, 1987;McGee, 1992;White, Pandina, & LaGrange, 1987;Wright, Caspi, Moffitt, & Silva, 1999). A few studies have been done outside North America.…”

“…As the foregoing suggests, American research shows that drug-related attitudes and behavior by adolescents are strongly influenced by peer association (see also Agnew, 1991a;Akers & Cochran, 1985;Akers et al, 1979;Ary et al, 1993;Brook et al, 1997;Curran et al, 2000;DeWit, Silverman, Goodstadt, & Studuro, 1995;Elliott et al, 1985;Flay et al, 1994;Jones-Webb et al, 1997;Kandel & Adler, 1982;Kandel & Chen, 2000;Labouvie, 1996;McGee, 1992;Szalay, Inn, & Doherty, 1996;Wong, Tang, & Schwarzer, 1997). The research also shows that strong bonds with parents mitigate against youthful involvement with drugs and drug-using peers (Sampson & Laub, 1993;Wade & Brannigan, 1998), supportive parent-child relationships are inversely related to adolescent substance use, and parental role models help shape adolescent attitudes and behavior toward drugs at younger ages and for certain kinds of substance use (see also Barber, 1992;Coombs & Landsverk, 1988;Dishion & Loeber, 1985;Glynn, 1981;Hundleby & Mercer, 1987;Kandel, 1987;Lewis et al, 1990;Li et al, 2000;Smart et al, 1990;Teichman & Kefir, 2000).…”

“…McGee (1992) found that peer influence had much greater impact than parental influence on adolescent drug use. Ried, Martinson, and Weaver (1987) found students_ perceptions of their peer_s drug use had over twice as much influence on drug use as the students_ own attitudes.…”

Class and self-reported juvenile delinquency: Evidence from Turkey

“…Among class measures, studies had mostly used continuous variables, either one of education, occupation, and income of parents (sometimes respondents' own education, occupation, and income) or in combination as in the use of indices (Akers, 1964;Axenroth, 1983;Brownfield, 1986;Elliott & Ageton, 1980;Elliott & Huizinga, 1983;Farnworth et al, 1994;Heimer, 1997;Johnson, 1980;Johnston, 1978;Krohn, Akers, Radosevich, & LanzaKaduce, 1980;McGee, 1992;Nye et al, 1958;Thornberry & Farnworth, 1982;Tittle & Meier, 1991;Wright et al, 1999). Among these studies, some studies found support for continuous measures of class (Axenroth, 1983;Brownfield, 1986;Elliott & Ageton, 1980;Elliott & Huizinga, 1983;Heimer, 1997;Johnston, 1978;Wright et al, 1999), while other studies did not reveal such a relationship (Akers, 1964;Farnworth et al, 1994;Johnson, 1980;Krohn et al, 1980;McGee, 1992;Nye et al, 1958;Tittle & Meier, 1991). The former studies indicated that the relationship between class and delinquency held for serious or violent delinquency.…”