News tagged with peer influences
Parental guidelilnes, consequences may be why fewer black teens smoke than whites
May 14, 2009 |
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It's a curious paradox. Black adults are more likely to smoke than white adults and most smokers start as teenagers. But statistics show that fewer black youths than whites begin smoking as adolescents.
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Does this make me look fat?
Jul 01, 2008 |
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The peer groups teenage girls identify with determine how they decide to control their own figure. So reports a new study by Dr. Eleanor Mackey from the Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC, and her colleague ...
Learning how to say 'no' to alcohol advertising and peer pressure works for inner-city adolescents
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Teens who can recognize and resist the persuasive tactics used in alcohol ads are less likely to succumb to alcohol advertising and peer pressure to drink.
Resisting peer pressure: new findings shed light on adolescent decision-making
Jul 25, 2007 |
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The capacity to resist peer pressure in early adolescence may depend on the strength of connections between certain areas of the brain, according to a study carried out by University of Nottingham researchers.
Peer pressure stronger than parents
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 27, 2007 |
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A U.S. psychologist says children learn more from their peers than from their parents.
Positive parenting associated with less aggression in early-maturing teen girls
Aug 04, 2008 |
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Adolescent girls who go through puberty early and have parents who do not nurture them, communicate with them or have knowledge of their activities appear more likely to display aggressive behavior, according to a report ...
Perceived access to cigarettes predicts youth smoking
Jul 14, 2008 |
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Kids who see cigarettes as easily accessible are more likely to end up as regular smokers, particularly if they have friends who smoke, according to a new report published in the current issue of Annals of Family Medicine. The st ...
Both gender and friendship can influence adolescent alcohol use
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Adolescents who drink alcohol, smoke and/or use drugs tend to have peers who do the same. A new study that looked at other factors which may moderate the influence of peers has found that gender, and gender of friends, can ...
Young age at first drink may affect genes and risk for alcoholism
Sep 18, 2009 |
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The age at which a person takes a first drink may influence genes linked to alcoholism, making the youngest drinkers the most susceptible to severe problems.
Parental drinking and parenting practices influence adolescent drinking
Feb 04, 2008 |
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Adolescence is a critical time of development on many different levels, but especially concerning the initiation and escalation of alcohol use. For example, the proportion of American adolescents who regularly drink alcohol ...
Online technical support forums build social capital
Mar 17, 2008 |
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Consumers in search of product related information and technical support often turn to virtual communities for help. A forthcoming examination in the April 2008 Journal of Consumer Research of virtual P3 communities – peer ...
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