Session 150:
Risky Adolescent Behaviors
Chair: Jerald Herting, University of Washington
Discussant: Shannon E. Cavanagh, University of Texas at Austin
Searching for Peer Group Effects: A Test of the Contagion Hypothesis • Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado at Denver ; Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado at Denver
Personal Friendship and School Social Network Effects on Adolescents’ Excessive Alcohol Use • Lisa Cubbins, Battelle- Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation ; Lucy Jordan, Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation
Social Multipliers in Sexual Initiation Decisions among U.S. High School Students • Jason Fletcher, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Help or Hindrance?: A Multi-Level Analysis of the Role of Families and Communities in Growing up American • Reanne Frank, Harvard University
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