Influence Of Interracial Friendship, The Racial Composition Of Peer Groups, And Communities

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The intention of this review is to give an overview of the article “Alcohol Use Among Black and White Adolescents: Exploring the Influence of Interracial Friendship, the Racial Composition of Peer Groups, and Communities” by Patrick Seffrin. This article looked at racial segregation, peer group compositions, and other social norms in the context of differential association in order to explain the factors that may contribute to the consumption of alcohol between black and white adolescents.
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From previous studies that have been conducted, it has been shown that rates of alcohol consumption for black adolescents have been significantly lower than that for white adolescents. Many factors have been looked …show more content…

This asked the youth to give demographic characteristics for friends in their peer group. Racial composition was broken into three variables: black, white, and other. Interracial friendship was measured by the number of friends of a different race.
The next measure was residential segregation. This measure has an effect on interracial friendship and racial composition through the opportunities for contact. This is measured by the levels of racial segregation in the adolescent’s neighborhood.
Alcohol risk and protective factors are the next measure. Peer socializing is one of these variables, which looks at questions such as “how often do you hang out with friends, go to the home of one of your friends, see friends on the weekends, and hang out with the opposite sex” (Seffrin, 2012). Parent supervision, another variable, is measured using the question “how often do your parents let you make your own decisions about: when to be home on the weekends, who you hang around with, your social life, who you date, and how often you can date” (Seffrin, 2012). The final variable is religious importance, measured with the question “how important is religion in your life” (Seffrin,

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