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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Drozdova, Anna D.
• Thomas, April Gile
• Volpert-Esmond, Hannah I.
• Steinberg, Laurence
• Frick, Paul J.
• Cauffman, Elizabeth E.

Titel

Drug Use Homophily in Adolescent Offenders’ Close Friendship Groups

Ist Teil von

• Journal of youth and adolescence, 2022-10, Vol.51 (10), p.2046-2059

Ort / Verlag

New York: Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

SpringerNature Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Adolescents who befriend drug using peers may be at risk for initiated and continued substance use. The present secondary data analysis examined how drug use homophily (i.e., similarity) in justice-involved boys’ friendship groups relates to their subsequent substance use variety across a period of five years. Participants were 1216 first-time adolescent offenders ( M age Baseline  = 15.29; 100% male). Multilevel model analyses revealed that, among participants who entered the study with a history of substance use, drug use homophily was associated with greater subsequent substance use variety. Among participants who entered the study without a history of substance use, this association was no longer significant. The findings have implications for guiding justice system programming aimed at decreasing adolescent offenders’ substance use.