Engels R C, Knibbe R A, Drop M J, de Haan Y T
Department of Medical Sociology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
Health Educ Behav. 1997 Dec;24(6):801-11. doi: 10.1177/109019819702400613.
Many studies stress the relevance of peer group influence as a determinant of smoking behavior of adolescents. Recent research, however, concludes that homogeneity of behavior in friendships is also due to selection; youngsters choose new friends whose behavioral patterns are similar to their own. Data from a three-wave longitudinal study among students of secondary education (N = 1,063) was used to examine sources of peer similarities. The results demonstrated that both influence and selection processes contributed to peer group homogeneity, but the largest part of similarities in smoking status had to be attributed to selection. No support was found for friendships breaking down for reasons of dissimilarity in smoking status. Our findings underscore the complexity of processes and interactions with regard to the relationships of teenagers and offer new views on prevention programs.
许多研究强调同龄人群体影响作为青少年吸烟行为决定因素的相关性。然而，最近的研究得出结论，友谊中行为的同质性也是由于选择；青少年会选择行为模式与自己相似的新朋友。一项针对中等教育学生的三波纵向研究（N = 1,063）的数据被用于检验同伴相似性的来源。结果表明，影响和选择过程都导致了同龄人群体的同质性，但吸烟状况相似性的最大部分必须归因于选择。未发现因吸烟状况不同而导致友谊破裂的情况。我们的研究结果强调了青少年人际关系方面过程和互动的复杂性，并为预防项目提供了新的观点。
