Do Positive Parenting Behaviors Buffer the Effects of Peer Influence? Parent influence has frequently been found to be associated with adolescent smoking. However, associations have generally been ...

Think you're too old to cave to peer pressure when it comes to boozing ... of the social environment in shaping individual drinking behavior," regardless of a person's age, concluded the research ...

We use 9 Add Health high schools with longitudinal network data to assess whether adolescent drinkers choose friends who drink, prefer friends whose friends drink, if selection differs between new and ...

Many of the factors that contribute to smoking initiation have been elucidated; the strongest appear to be peer smoking ... social contexts that influence adolescent risk behavior.

With the rise of social media and gambling marketing, this social pressure has increased exponentially. Some may feel obliged to sign up to online casinos, simply because everyone else seems to be ...

Researchers report in ACS Chemical Neuroscience that adolescent rodents fed a high-fat diet showed poor control during motor ...

3, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Think you’re too old to cave to peer pressure when it comes to boozing ... “Our results highlight the pivotal role of the social environment in shaping individual drinking ...

New research has found that 16-to-20-year-olds with ADHD tend to consume more snacks (e.g., dried snacks, chips, nuts, soft ...