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Substance Use, Distress, and Adolescent School Networks
Author(s) -
McLeod Jane D.,
Uemura Ryotaro
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00787.x
Subject(s) - socioemotional selectivity theory , receipt , psychology , substance use , mental health , distress , adolescent health , longitudinal study , psychological distress , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , nursing , pathology , world wide web , computer science
This study examined the associations of substance use, psychological distress, and mental health services receipt with the structure and content of adolescent school‐based networks. Using data from the N ational L ongitudinal S tudy of A dolescent H ealth, we found that substance use was associated with receiving more, but making fewer, peer nominations. It also was associated with less favorable network characteristics, such as low GPA . Services receipt was associated with receiving and making fewer nominations, less favorable network characteristics, and a lower likelihood of reciprocated best friendships. Psychological distress had fewer significant associations. All associations were modest in magnitude. Our results suggest the importance of considering multiple indicators of socioemotional problems and multiple dimensions of social networks in research on adolescent peer relations.