TY - JOUR
T1 - Individual Popularity, Peer Group Popularity Composition and Adolescents' Alcohol Consumption
AU - Gommans, Rob
AU - Müller, Christoph M
AU - Stevens, Gonneke W J M
AU - Cillessen, Antonius H N
AU - Ter Bogt, Tom F M
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Previous studies have convincingly shown associations between popularity and adolescent drinking. This study examined whether the popularity composition of the peer group and the relative difference in popularity between adolescents and their peers are also associated with adolescent drinking. Participants were 800 adolescents (M age = 14.73; SDage = 1.00; 51.6 % girls) from 31 classrooms who completed peer ratings of popularity and self-reports of alcohol consumption. Results showed that drinking was higher among popular than unpopular adolescents, higher among popular adolescents surrounded by less popular classmates, and lower in classrooms with more variability in popularity. Thus, beyond individual popularity, peer group popularity composition also should be taken into account when investigating antisocial and health risk behaviors in adolescence such as drinking.
AB - Previous studies have convincingly shown associations between popularity and adolescent drinking. This study examined whether the popularity composition of the peer group and the relative difference in popularity between adolescents and their peers are also associated with adolescent drinking. Participants were 800 adolescents (M age = 14.73; SDage = 1.00; 51.6 % girls) from 31 classrooms who completed peer ratings of popularity and self-reports of alcohol consumption. Results showed that drinking was higher among popular than unpopular adolescents, higher among popular adolescents surrounded by less popular classmates, and lower in classrooms with more variability in popularity. Thus, beyond individual popularity, peer group popularity composition also should be taken into account when investigating antisocial and health risk behaviors in adolescence such as drinking.
U2 - 10.1007/s10964-016-0611-2
DO - 10.1007/s10964-016-0611-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 27848127
SN - 0047-2891
VL - 46
SP - 1716
EP - 1726
JO - Journal of Youth and Adolescence
JF - Journal of Youth and Adolescence
ER -
