Peer vs. Parental Influence and Substance Use (1) (cont.)


                                                    Users            Abstainers        Total
                                                    (n=193)        (n=253)            (n=446)
                                                          %                %                      %

Who gives you more respect? (2)
 Family                                           72.5                 82.6                 78.3
 Family and friends equally                1.6                   0.0                   0.7
 Friends                                           25.9                 17.4                 21.1

When you have problems, whose ideas
do you respect more?(3)
 Parents, much more                      38.3                     66.0                 54.0
 Parents, somewhat more               20.7                     14.6                 17.3
 Parents and friends equally             20.7                       8.3                 13.7
 Friends, somewhat more               14.5                        7.9                 10.8
 Friends, much more                        5.7                        3.2                   4.3
 

1  All ps based on chi-square
2  p <.05
3  p <.01
4  p <.005
5  p <.001

Coombs et al., 1991