Structural equation model tests of patterns of family interaction, peer alcohol use, and intrapersonal predictors of adolescent alcohol use and misuse.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Dielman, Ted; Butchart, Amy T.; Shope, Jean Thatcher
- Source
- Journal of Drug Education; 1993, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p273-316, 44p
- Subject
- Structural equation modeling
Youth -- Alcohol use
Adolescent psychology
Educational tests & measurements
Predictive validity
Teenagers
Alcohol drinking
- Language
- ISSN
- 00472379
Presents a preliminary, cross-sectional test of a theoretical model of adolescent alcohol use and misuse. Survey of adolescent students; Results of various predictors; Impact of peer use and approval of alcohol use; Impact of susceptibility to peer pressure; Implications of study on longitudinal tests of prevention strategies.