Dinges M M, Oetting E R
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523.
Adolescence. 1993 Summer;28(110):253-66.
The literature indicates that peer influence is important in understanding adolescent drug use. The nature of peer interactions predicts a high degree of similarity in drug use among friends. To test that hypothesis, a detailed analysis of this correspondence was conducted on a large sample of junior and senior high school students. Findings indicated that a youth who used specific drugs in the last thirty days almost invariably has friends who also use those same drugs, but is considerably less likely to have friends who use other drugs or no drugs. In addition, friends' use is strongly associated with the adolescent's use of marijuana, uppers, cocaine, downers, and PCP across five distinct drug use styles.
文献表明，同伴影响在理解青少年吸毒问题方面很重要。同伴互动的性质预示着朋友之间在吸毒方面有高度的相似性。为了验证这一假设，对大量初中生和高中生样本进行了关于这种对应关系的详细分析。研究结果表明，在过去30天内使用特定毒品的青少年几乎总是有也使用相同毒品的朋友，但有使用其他毒品或不吸毒的朋友的可能性要小得多。此外，在五种不同的吸毒方式中，朋友的吸毒行为与青少年使用大麻、兴奋剂、可卡因、抑制剂和苯环利定密切相关。
