What is the key issue with research on peer influences?
• it is difficult to determine whether peers influence behaviour (peer influence) or whether individuals choose friends with similar behaviours (peer selection)
What did Ennett & Bauman (1994) find regarding peer influence and selection?
• non-smokers with smoking friends were morelikelytostartsmoking (peer influence)
• smokers and non-smokers changed their friendship groups to align with their behaviour (peer selection)
