TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Influence of grade-level drinking norms on individual drinking behavior
JO  - American journal of health behavior
A1  - Yarnell, Lisa M.
A1  - Brown, H. Shelton
A1  - Pasch, Keryn E.
A1  - Perry, Cheryl L.
A1  - Komro, Kelli A.
SP  - 70
EP  - 79
VL  - 37
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To investigate which points of the middle-school drinking distribution are the most influential in the social contagion of drinking across the middle-school years, in order to identify potential social multipliers. METHODS: We measured drinking intentions and behaviors by gender, school, and grade among urban middle-school students who participated in Project Northland Chicago in a longitudinal cohort design. RESULTS: Individual drinking behaviors were consistently influenced by extreme (80(th) percentile) drinking intentions and behaviors. This effect was mediated through normal or average levels of drinking, over time. CONCLUSIONS: Interventions can target extreme drinkers as the influential persons in middle-school grades.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1087-3244
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.37.1.8
ID  - ref1
ER  -