The association of peer pressure and peer affiliation with the health risk behaviors of secondary school students in Hong Kong

Loke, Alice Yuen; Mak, YW; Wu, Cynthia Sau Ting

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2016.02.024

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“…This finding aligns with a previous qualitative study conducted among girls where the researchers found a sense of self when active (such as being motivated to be active, enjoying PA, being confident in PA skills, and having PA skills judged by peers), and changes in social support from peers and family during the transition were related to their participation in PA [ 9 , 15 ]. In addition, it is well-established that the influence of peers increases during adolescence and influences adolescents’ PA [ 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 ]. Similarly, our study showed peers influenced PA participation after transition in a sample of boys and girls, but we also found athletic identity was in a state of flux during the transition.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Understanding the environmental factors that influence adolescents’ levels of PA during the transition from elementary to secondary school is complex as this study identified a number of intrapersonal and environmental factors that changed during this period. Given our understanding of the environmental factors that influence adolescents’ PA [ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 54 , 55 , 56 ], it was not surprising that changes in the school, social, and household environments were highlighted as influencing adolescents’ PA during transition. Studies that examine factors associated with youth PA during the transition from elementary school to secondary school are relatively rare, and this paper addresses an important gap in the literature.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Changes in the household environment that have been identified to potentially modify PA during the transition are parental expectations for more responsibilities and independence [ 19 , 21 , 22 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ]; and changes in the family’s role as a gate-keeper to adolescents PA [ 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ]. Noted changes experienced in the adolescents’ dynamic social environment include the desire to develop new friendships, increased peer influence on the adolescent’s lifestyle [ 13 , 16 , 23 , 25 , 27 , 33 , 34 , 35 ], and the need for social support [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 ]. Finally, when reviewing our current understanding of adolescents’ experiences in changing PA during the transition from elementary school to secondary school, we see that during this time, adolescents increasingly desire to establish their personality and independence [ 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 ] including self-identifying if they enjoy PA [ 45 ], or if they feel it is important to their quality of life [ 42 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Individual and Environmental Factors Associated with Participation in Physical Activity as Adolescents Transition to Secondary School: A Qualitative Inquiry

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The transition from elementary to secondary school is an emotionally and socially complex time when adverse behaviors appear, such as decreased levels of physical activity (PA). Behavioral and environmental factors that influence PA during this time are poorly understood. Therefore, we aimed to identify factors that influence PA as adolescents transition to secondary school. Qualitative interviews were conducted with a sample of 27 ethnically diverse child–parent dyads within the public-school system in British Columbia, Canada (50% boys, 68% mothers, 25% White). The interviews probed for environmental and behavioral factors in school, family, and social contexts that potentially initiated changes in PA, specifically related to the adolescents’ transitions. Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Thematic analyses identified factors at the individual, social, familial, and school levels that may trigger adolescents to change their participation in PA as they transition from elementary to secondary school. Twenty-two factors emerged from the qualitative analysis including school factors (8), household factors (3), social factors (4), and intrapersonal factors (7). These findings contribute to a better understanding of adolescents’ PA behaviors and highlight the influence of changing environments as they transition from elementary school to secondary school.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Individual and Environmental Factors Associated with Participation in Physical Activity as Adolescents Transition to Secondary School: A Qualitative Inquiry

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“…Intense conflicts with parents have been shown to be significantly correlated with the NMU of psychostimulants by adolescents (Herman-Stahl et al, 2006). As to the influence of their relationships with peers, the literature indicates that deviant behaviour by peers, including NMUPD or the use of illicit substances, contributes highly to the transgression of norms, NMUPD, and SU in adolescents (Beal, Ausiello, & Perrin, 2001; Loke, Mak, & Wu, 2016). However, little is known about how conflicts with peers affect SU or NMUPD.…”

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confidence: 99%

Non-medical use of prescription drugs by young men: impact of potentially traumatic events and of social-environmental stressors

Rougemont-Bücking

Grazioli

Marmet

et al. 2018

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: Non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) is an increasing phenomenon associated with physical and psychological consequences. This study investigated the effects of distinct forms of stress on NMUPD.Methods: Data from 5308 young adult men from the Swiss cohort study on substance use risk factors (C-SURF) were analysed regarding NMUPD of sleeping pills, tranquilizers, opioid analgesics, psychostimulants, and antidepressants. Various forms of stress (discrete, potentially traumatic events, recent and long-lasting social-environmental stressors) during the period preceding the NMUPD assessment were measured. Backward log-binomial regression was performed and risk ratios (RR) were calculated.Results: NMUPD was significantly associated with the cumulative number of potentially traumatic events (e.g. for opioid analgesics, RR = 1.92, p < .001), with problems within the family (e.g. for sleeping pills, RR = 2.45, p < .001), and the peer group (e.g. for tranquilizer use, RR = 2.34, p < .01). Factors describing family functioning in childhood showed very few significant associations. Sexual assault by acquaintances was associated only with use of sleeping pills (RR = 2.91, p p <.01); physical assault by acquaintances was not associated with NMUPD. Physical (e.g. for psychostimulants, RR = 2.01, p < .001) or sexual assaults (e.g. for antidepressants, RR = 4.64, p < .001) perpetrated outside the family context did show associations with several drug categories.Conclusion: NMUPD appears to be more consistently associated with discrete and potentially traumatic events and with recent social-environmental stressors than with long-lasting stressors due to family functioning during childhood and youth. Physical and sexual assaults perpetrated by strangers showed more associations with NMUPD than those perpetrated by a family member.

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“…Peer pressure is an aspect of peer influence that refers to a subjective experience of feeling pressured, urged, or dared by others to do certain things (Santor et al, 2000). Peer pressure has been identified as one of the top reasons for adolescents to drink alcohol (Loke et al, 2016). Adolescents who are sociable and have more friends are at a higher risk of drinking behaviors (Engels et al, 2006).…”

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Associations Between Peer Pressure and Adolescents’ Binge Behaviors: The Role of Basic Needs and Coping

Inguglia

Costa

Ingoglia

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The Journal of Genetic Psychology

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Framed from a framework based on the integration of SDT (Ryan & Deci, 2000) and Endler and Parker"s conception of coping strategies (1990), the current study analyzed the relationships between peer pressure and binge behaviors (binge eating and binge drinking) in adolescence. Moreover, the study explored the mediating role of satisfaction/frustration of basic psychological needs and coping strategies in these associations. Participants were 570 high school students (M = 15.75; DS = 1.14) living in Italy. The study design was cross-sectional and adolescents were administered self-report questionnaires. Path analysis showed significant and positive direct associations of peer pressure with both binge eating and binge drinking. Moreover, findings show that there is an indirect path in which peer pressure is positively associated with need frustration that is related to the use of emotion-oriented coping strategies that, on their turn, are associated with binge eating. Differently, binge drinking seems to be only directly related to peer pressure. Our study puts light to the complex nature of the relationships between peer pressure and binge behaviors in adolescence, taking into account the separate contribution of need satisfaction and need frustration, as well as of coping strategies. Finally, practical implications of our study are discussed.

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The association of peer pressure and peer affiliation with the health risk behaviors of secondary school students in Hong Kong

Cited by 34 publications

References 40 publications

Individual and Environmental Factors Associated with Participation in Physical Activity as Adolescents Transition to Secondary School: A Qualitative Inquiry

Individual and Environmental Factors Associated with Participation in Physical Activity as Adolescents Transition to Secondary School: A Qualitative Inquiry

Non-medical use of prescription drugs by young men: impact of potentially traumatic events and of social-environmental stressors

Associations Between Peer Pressure and Adolescents’ Binge Behaviors: The Role of Basic Needs and Coping

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