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Being With Friends And The Potential For Binge Drinking During The First College Semester, Lizabeth A. Crawford, Katherine B. Novak Aug 2019

Being With Friends And The Potential For Binge Drinking During The First College Semester, Lizabeth A. Crawford, Katherine B. Novak

Katherine B. Novak

In this prospective study, we assess the relationship between being with high school friends during the college transition and binge drinking. Across analyses (n = 489), the presence of high school friends during the college transition was associated with reduced binge drinking at the end of the first college semester among individuals at risk for this behavior because they drank in high school, associated alcohol use with the student role, or engaged in binge drinking at the beginning of the fall term. This is consistent with research linking social integration to behavioral regulation and suggests the presence of high …


Parental And Peer Influences On Adolescent Drinking: The Relative Impact Of Attachment And Opportunity, Lizabeth A. Crawford, Katherine B. Novak Sep 2014

Parental And Peer Influences On Adolescent Drinking: The Relative Impact Of Attachment And Opportunity, Lizabeth A. Crawford, Katherine B. Novak

Katherine B. Novak

The purpose of this paper was to assess the relative effects of parents and peers on adolescent alcohol use via mechanisms of attachment and opportunity. Panel data from the second and third waves of the National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS:88) were used to examine the relationship between multiple measures of peer and parent-child relations reflecting these concepts and alcohol use among high-school students. Overall, our results indicated that peers are more influential than parents in shaping adolescents’ patterns of alcohol consumption and that unstructured peer interaction is an especially powerful predictor of adolescent alcohol use and binge drinking. Our findings …


Parent-Child Relations And Peer Associations As Mediators Of The Family Structure-Substance Use Relationship, Lizabeth A. Crawford, Katherine B. Novak Sep 2014

Parent-Child Relations And Peer Associations As Mediators Of The Family Structure-Substance Use Relationship, Lizabeth A. Crawford, Katherine B. Novak

Katherine B. Novak

Using data from the National Education Longitudinal Survey of 1988, the authors assess the extent to which adolescents’ levels of parental attachment and opportunities for participating in delinquent activities mediate the family structure–substance use relationship. A series of hierarchical regressions supported the hypotheses that high levels of substance use among adolescents residing with stepfamilies would be explained by low parental attachment, whereas heightened opportunities for participating in deviant activities would account for the substance use behaviors of individuals living in single-parent households. More generally, the findings suggest that family structure has a moderate effect on youth substance use; that parental …


Parent-Child Relations And Peer Associations As Mediators Of The Family Structure-Substance Use Relationship, Katherine Novak Jul 2003

Parent-Child Relations And Peer Associations As Mediators Of The Family Structure-Substance Use Relationship, Katherine Novak

Katherine B. Novak

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Atlanta, GA, August 15-17, 2003.


Reconceptualizing Involvement As Patterns Of Routine Activities: The Relative Impact Of Opportunity And Bonds To Society On Adolescent Drinking, Katherine Novak Jul 2002

Reconceptualizing Involvement As Patterns Of Routine Activities: The Relative Impact Of Opportunity And Bonds To Society On Adolescent Drinking, Katherine Novak

Katherine B. Novak

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August 16-19, 2002.


Structural And Interpersonal Antecedents Of Heavy Drinking Among High School Students: A Longitudinal Analysis, Katherine Novak, Lizabeth Crawford Mar 1999

Structural And Interpersonal Antecedents Of Heavy Drinking Among High School Students: A Longitudinal Analysis, Katherine Novak, Lizabeth Crawford

Katherine B. Novak

Paper presented at then Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society. April, 1999. Minneapolis, MN.


Rural-Urban Differences In Infant Mortality In The State Of Indiana, 1988-1992: A Proportional Hazards Analysis, Katherine Novak Jul 1998

Rural-Urban Differences In Infant Mortality In The State Of Indiana, 1988-1992: A Proportional Hazards Analysis, Katherine Novak

Katherine B. Novak

Paper presentation at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. August, 1998. San Francisco, CA.


Social Determinants Of Infant Mortality: A Case Study Of Indiana, 1988-1992, Katherine Novak Jul 1995

Social Determinants Of Infant Mortality: A Case Study Of Indiana, 1988-1992, Katherine Novak

Katherine B. Novak

Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. August, 1995. Washington, D.C.