Ennett S T, Bauman K E
Research Triangle Institute, Center for Social Research and Policy Analysis, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
J Health Soc Behav. 1993 Sep;34(3):226-36.
Social network theory and analysis are applied to examine whether adolescents who fill various social positions that characterize peer group structure differ in prevalence of current smoking. One thousand and ninety-two (1,092) ninth graders in one school system named their three best friends, allowing the identification of each adolescent as clique member, clique liaison, or isolate. At four of five schools, the odds of being a current smoker were significantly higher for isolates than for clique members and liaisons. The relationship was not explained by demographic variables or by the number of friends who smoke.
社会网络理论与分析被用于检验在同龄人群体结构中占据不同社会位置的青少年在当前吸烟率方面是否存在差异。一个学校系统中的1092名九年级学生说出了他们的三个最好的朋友，从而能够将每个青少年确定为小团体成员、小团体联络人或孤立者。在五所学校中的四所，孤立者成为当前吸烟者的几率显著高于小团体成员和联络人。这种关系无法通过人口统计学变量或吸烟朋友的数量来解释。
