Perceived peer norms, health risk behaviors, and clustering of risk behaviors among Palestinian youth

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 6; p. e0198435
• Main Authors: Glick, Peter, Khammash, Umaiyeh, Shaheen, Mohammed, Brown, Ryan, Goutam, Prodyumna, Karam, Rita, Linnemayr, Sebastian, Massad, Salwa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 21.06.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior - psychology; Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology; Alcohol use; Alcohols; Arabs - psychology; At risk youth; Behavior; Biology and Life Sciences; Bisexuality; Cluster Analysis; Clustering; Drinking (Alcoholic beverages); Drug abuse; Drug use; Female; Health aspects; Health risk assessment; Health Risk Behaviors; Health risks; Humans; Juvenile drug abuse; Medicine and Health Sciences; Norms; Palestinian Arabs; Peer Group; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Prevalence; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Risk perception; Risk taking; Sexual behavior; Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data; Social aspects; Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology; Teenagers; Young Adult; Youth; Middle East; Lebanon; Gaza Strip; California; West Bank; United States > US

Relatively little is known about patterns of health risk behaviors among Middle Eastern youth, including how these behaviors are related to perceived peer norms. In a sample of approximately 2,500 15-24 year old Palestinian youth, perceived engagement of general peers in alcohol consumption, drug us...