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Teenagers and Substance Use : Social Networks and Peer Influence /

For years we have known that teenagers' peers influence their substance use. This book tells you how. It is not a simple explanation: it is based on the teenagers' own selection of peers, peer influence, the formation of social networks and the patterning of their peer ties. All of which c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kirke, Deirdre M. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Sociology, general.
Adolescence.
Children.
Equality.
Social groups.
Social sciences.
Social structure.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:For years we have known that teenagers' peers influence their substance use. This book tells you how. It is not a simple explanation: it is based on the teenagers' own selection of peers, peer influence, the formation of social networks and the patterning of their peer ties. All of which can result in chain reactions in teenagers' substance use.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XII, 202 pages)
ISBN:9780230627628
DOI:10.1057/9780230627628