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The Mechanism of Social Network Spread of Alcohol Consumption
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Bloom, Chelsea
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Year and Degree
2015, Master of Arts, University of Toledo, Economics.
Abstract
Previous literature has found the impact of peer drinking on adolescent drinking behavior. Most research has assumed that there are social reciprocations for not conforming to typical behaviors. In this paper I assess whether the two different mechanisms of peer influence, adherence to group norms (local-average model) and social multiplier effect (local-aggregate model), are present. I evaluate the presence of these mechanisms by using a modified spatial autoregressive model and by utilizing friendship nomination data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). I find the presence of adherence to group norms in the drinking behaviors of adolescents, and little evidence of the social multiplier effect. These findings indicate that anti-alcohol policies would have to target most adolescents in schools in order to effectively change alcohol consumption.
Committee
Aliaksandr Amialchuk (Committee Chair)
Olugbenga Ajilore (Committee Member)
Kristen Keith (Committee Member)
Pages
35 p.
Subject Headings
Economics
Keywords
adolescents, alcohol consumption, social network
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Bloom, C. (2015).
The Mechanism of Social Network Spread of Alcohol Consumption
[Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1430512593
APA Style (7th edition)
Bloom, Chelsea.
The Mechanism of Social Network Spread of Alcohol Consumption.
2015. University of Toledo, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1430512593.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Bloom, Chelsea. "The Mechanism of Social Network Spread of Alcohol Consumption." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1430512593
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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