Adolescent friend similarity on alcohol abuse as a function of participation in romantic relationships: Sometimes a new love comes between old friends

Adolescent friend similarity on alcohol abuse as a function of participation in romantic relationships : Sometimes a new love comes between old friends

Funding Agencies:U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development HD068421U.S. National Science Foundation 0923745 0909733
This study tests the hypothesis that adolescents with romantic partners are less similar to their friends on rates of alcohol abuse than adolescents without romantic partners. Participants (662 girls, 574 boys) ranging in age from 12 to 19 years nominated friends and romantic partners, and completed a measure of alcohol abuse. In hierarchical linear models, friends with romantic partners were less similar on rates of alcohol abuse than friends without romantic partners, especially if they were older and less accepted. Follow-up longitudinal analyses were conducted on a subsample (266 boys, 374 girls) of adolescents who reported friendships that were stable across 2 consecutive years. Associations between friend reports of alcohol abuse declined after adolescents became involved in a romantic relationship, to the point at which they became more similar to their romantic partners than to their friends.

Laursen, BrettFlorida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL, USA (author)
Bukowski, William M.Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (author)
Kerr, Margaret,1953-Örebro universitet,Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete,CDR(Swepub:oru)mkr (author)
Stattin, Håkan,1951-Örebro universitet,Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete,CDR(Swepub:oru)hnsn (author)
Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, USAFlorida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL, USA (creator_code:org_t)

In:Developmental Psychology: American Psychological Association (APA)52:1, s. 117-1290012-16491939-0599

By the author/editor: DeLay, Dawn; Laursen, Brett; Bukowski, Willia ...; Kerr, Margaret, ...; Stattin, Håkan, ...

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