Teenagers and Substance Use

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-9

3. Review of Literature

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   Pages 10-27

4. Research Methods

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   Pages 28-41

5. The Teenagers and their Substance Use

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   Pages 42-56

6. Teenagers’ Substance Use by Family Influences

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   Pages 57-70

7. The Role of Peers in Teenagers’ Substance Use

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   Pages 71-88

8. Peer Influence and Selection in Peer Groups

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   Pages 89-104

9. Chain Reactions in Teenagers’ Substance Use

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   Pages 105-130

10. The Role of Gender in Chain Reactions

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    Pages 131-149

11. Discussion and Conclusion

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    Pages 150-167

12. Back Matter

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For years we have known that teenagers' peers influence their substance use. This book tells you how. It is not a simple explanation: it is based on the teenagers' own selection of peers, peer influence, the formation of social networks and the patterning of their peer ties. All of which can result in chain reactions in teenagers' substance use.

• gender
• Nation
• peer group

• National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland

  Deirdre M. Kirke

DEIRDRE M. KIRKE is Lecturer in Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland, and is a member of the International Network for Social Network Analysis.

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