Why Do Adolescents Overestimate Their Peers' Smoking Prevalence? Correlates of Prevalence Estimates among California 8th-Grade Students.

Unger, Jennifer B.; Rohrbach, Louise Ann

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ERIC Number: EJ651470

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Publication Date: 2002

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Why Do Adolescents Overestimate Their Peers' Smoking Prevalence? Correlates of Prevalence Estimates among California 8th-Grade Students.

Unger, Jennifer B.; Rohrbach, Louise Ann

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v31 n2 p147-53 Apr 2002

Used data from a statewide sample of 5,870 eighth graders in California to examine the correlates of smoking prevalence estimates. Best friends' smoking accounted for the largest proportion of the variance in prevalence estimates. Smoking by peers may give adolescents the impression that smoking is more normative and prevalent than it actually is. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Correlation, Incidence, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Peer Influence, Smoking

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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