@article{bad1051c2d0644c5afac8717c2e5264a,
title = "Exposure to Persistently Delinquent Peers and Substance Use Onset: A Test of Moffitt{\textquoteright}s Social Mimicry Hypothesis",
abstract = "Moffitt{\textquoteright}s social mimicry hypothesis states that the sudden rise in offending during adolescence is partly the result of adolescence-limited delinquents modeling the behavior of their life-course persistent peers. We test this hypothesis using social network data from 7,742 adolescents followed from 6th to 12th grades to consider whether having a persistently delinquent friend, especially one who used substances, predicted substance use initiation. Results indicated that although having a persistently delinquent friend was associated with an increased risk of general substance use initiation, adolescents who had a persistently delinquent friend were just as likely to initiate smoking, drinking, and marijuana use whether that friend used that specific substance or not, which suggests that adolescents may not mimic their friends{\textquoteright} use of specific substances.",
author = "Widdowson, {Alex O.} and Ranson, {J. W.Andrew} and Siennick, {Sonja E.} and Rulison, {Kelly L.} and Osgood, {D. Wayne}",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Grants from the W. T. Grant Foundation (8316), National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01-DA018225), and National Institute of Child Health and Development (R24-HD041025) supported this research. The analyses used data from PRO moting S chool–Community–University P artnerships to E nhance R esilience (PROSPER), a project directed by R. L. Spoth, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (AA14702). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2019.",
year = "2020",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/0011128719869190",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "66",
pages = "420--445",
journal = "Crime and Delinquency",
issn = "0011-1287",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "3",
}