With respect to the dyadic analyses, we hypothesized socialization effects
of alcohol misuse across different stable dyadic relationships, both unilateral and reciprocal.
Not exact matches
Guidance recommends interventions
across sectors, including comprehensive sexuality education in schools; higher age limits for
alcohol consumption; mandating seat - belts and helmets through laws; reducing access to and
misuse of firearms; reducing indoor air pollution through cleaner cooking fuels; and increasing access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene.
Alcohol consumption,
misuse and related harm are some
of the most challenging issues confronting communities
across the length and breadth
of Australia.
Regarding
alcohol misuse, at Time 2 significant ICCs were found
across different types
of friendships for both male and female same - gender dyads but not for cross-gender dyads, with effects ranging from small to medium - large (r 2 range 0.22 — 0.47).
We hypothesized that peer influence would occur differently
across friendship contexts as a function
of the specific behavior (i.e.,
alcohol misuse vs. depressive symptoms).
Overall, these results indicate that
across the two time points, female dyad members became more similar to each other in their levels
of alcohol misuse (in reciprocal dyads and in dyads that were unilateral at Time 1 and reciprocal at Time 2) and depressive symptoms (in very best friendships), providing evidence for socialization effects.