Differences in Adolescents' Alcohol Use and Smoking Behavior between Educational Tracks: Do Popularity Norms Matter?

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Author	Peeters, M. Laninga-Wijnen, L. Veenstra, R.
Abstract	Explanations about differences in drinking and smoking rates between educational tracks have so far mainly focused on factors outside the classroom. The extent to which these behaviors are rewarded with popularity within a classroom—so called popularity norms—and their interaction with individual characteristics could explain the observed differences in risk behavior. 1860 adolescents (Mage = 13.04; 50% girls) from 81 different classrooms reported three times during one academic year about their own and their classmates behavior. Overall, in vocational tracks popularity norms for alcohol and smoking were more positive and predicted classroom differences in alcohol and smoking. Knowledge about classroom processes can advance the field in unraveling the functional aspects of risk behavior in adolescence. Preregistration: The hypotheses and the analytical plan of this study were preregistered under number #39136 (https://aspredicted.org/blind.php?x=gx77p6).
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ISSN	00472891
Journal	Journal of Youth and Adolescence [J Youth Adolesc]
Volume Number	50
DOI	10.1007/s10964-021-01467-3
PubMed Central reference number	PMC8352811
Issue Number	9
PubMed reference number	34232445
e-ISSN	15736601
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2021-07-07
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Open
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Subject Keyword	Popularity norms Alcohol Smoking Adolescents
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Developmental and Educational Psychology Social Sciences Social Psychology