%0 Journal Article
%T Peer group patterns of alcohol-using behaviors among early adolescents in Victoria, Australia, and Washington State, United States
%J Journal of research on adolescence
%D 2016
%A Leung, Rachel K.
%A Toumbourou, John W.
%A Hemphill, Sheryl A.
%A Catalano, Richard F.
%V 26
%N 4
%P 902-917
%X 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>
%G en
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 1050-8392
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jora.12241