Structural relationships among adolescents' peer attachment, career-related self-efficacy, parents' attitudes and health risk behaviours.
Gyu Young Lee, Da Ye Lee
PMID 34423567WHAT IT FOUND
Stronger peer attachment was linked to more smoking, drinking and sexual intercourse, but supportive parents and career confidence were linked to fewer risk behaviours.
Key findings
01Among 1,932 tenth-grade students, 5.5% had smoked a cigarette, 10.6% had drunk alcohol and 0.6% had experienced sexual intercourse.
02In the model, stronger positive peer attachment was linked to more health risk behaviours, while higher career-related self-efficacy and positive parenting attitudes were linked to fewer health risk behaviours.
03Career-related self-efficacy and positive parenting attitudes partly mediated the association between peer attachment and health risk behaviours.
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What it does not show
The data are self-reported, so common method bias and differences in how students interpret questions may affect the results. Smoking, drinking and sexual intercourse may be under-reported because they are socially undesirable. The analysis uses survey data collected at one time point, so it cannot show cause and effect. The sample is Korean tenth-grade students, so the associations may not apply to other populations. Attrition and missing data reduced the analysed sample compared with the original panel.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflict of interest. The study was funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that close peer relationships cause health risk behaviours. The study used self-reported survey data and showed associations, not proof of cause.