@article{ref1,
title="Peer group patterns of alcohol-using behaviors among early adolescents in Victoria, Australia, and Washington State, United States",
journal="Journal of research on adolescence",
year="2016",
author="Leung, Rachel K. and Toumbourou, John W. and Hemphill, Sheryl A. and Catalano, Richard F.",
volume="26",
number="4",
pages="902-917",
abstract="The goal of this study was to examine and cross-nationally compare the peer group patterns of alcohol-drinking behaviors among cohorts of early adolescents (ages 11-14 years) in Victoria, Australia, and Washington State, United States. Latent transition analysis revealed that after 1 year, transitions congruent with peer influence (whereby non-drinking adolescents initiated alcohol use in the presence of drinking peers) and reverse peer influence were observed in both states; however, transitions congruent with peer selection (whereby drinking adolescents self-selected into drinking peer groups) were only observed among Victorian early adolescents. <br><br>FINDINGS were interpreted to suggest that Australian family and cultural norms that more commonly allow early adolescent alcohol use lead to a higher rate of peer selection.<br><br>© 2015 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence © 2015 Society for Research on Adolescence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1050-8392",
doi="10.1111/jora.12241",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jora.12241"
}