Background Alcohol use and abuse constitute a major public health problem and identifying
their determinants is a priority. Social network analysis can indicate how characteristics of …

Background: A fad diet is a broad term used to describe dieting methods that recommend
altering the intake of macronutrients to specific proportions or instruct people to intake or …

Substance use and exercise have opposite trajectories in young adulthood, and research
indicates that peers are influential for both of these health behaviors, but simultaneous …

Despite negative connotations and empirical evidence to support detrimental aspects of
fraternity and sorority membership, decades of nationally representative data show students …

This study examined members of health issue-specific social networking sites (SNSs) for
smoking cessation, hypothesizing that social identification, bridging and bonding social …

This study proposed the Reference Group Perspective for smoking cessation, examining
smokers' identification with three reference groups: best friends, colleagues, and family …

A burgeoning area of research is using social network analysis to investigate college
students' substance use behaviors. However, little research has incorporated students' …

Abstract Purpose of the Review The purpose of this review was to provide an overview of
studies within the past 5 years examining the impact of social network factors on addictive …

In this study, we examined how the number of friends and leadership among peers related
to e-cigarette use and beliefs about the social consequences of use among college …

Objective: Social network analysis (SNA) is a useful, emerging method for studying health.
College students are especially prone to social influence when it comes to health. This …