@article{ref1,
title="Drug use homophily in adolescent offenders' close friendship groups",
journal="Journal of youth and adolescence",
year="2022",
author="Drozdova, Anna D. and Thomas, April Gile and Volpert-Esmond, Hannah I. and Steinberg, Laurence and Frick, Paul J. and Cauffman, Elizabeth E.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0047-2891",
doi="10.1007/s10964-022-01637-x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01637-x"
}