TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1985//
TI  - Using panel data to examine sex differences in causal relationships among adolescent alcohol use, norms, and peer alcohol use
JO  - Journal of youth and adolescence
A1  - Downs, W. R.
SP  - 469
EP  - 486
VL  - 14
IS  - 6
N2  - This paper uses longitudinal data and multiple regression of follow-up data on baseline data to identify direction of causality among adolescent alcohol use, normative structure toward alcohol, and peer alcohol use. Baseline and follow-up data were collected on a random sample of 100 adolescents (54 males). Separate regressions were performed on male and female respondents. Among males, self-drinking and normative structure toward alcohol were found to have a reciprocal relationship over time. No significant relationship was found between self and peer alcohol use over time among males. Among females, close-friend alcohol use was found to be causally prior to self drinking and other-friend drinking level. Normative structure toward alcohol was found unrelated to other variables over time among females.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0047-2891
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02139521
ID  - ref1
ER  -