Peer Influence in Adolescence: Public-Health Implications for COVID-19
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in the widespread implementation of social distancing measures. Adhering to social distancing may be particularly challenging for adolescents, for whom interaction with peers is especially important. We argue that young people's capacity to encourage each other to observe social distancing rules should be harnessed.
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The more that young people are provided with less helpful role models, the less incentivized they will be to engage in social distancing.
“In other words, the more that young people are provided with these less helpful role models (in contrast to the function of peer modelling intervention strategies discussed above), the less incentivized they will be to engage in social distancing [37, 40].”
From Facilitators and barriers to social distancing for young people during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022) · cites this paper as [40]
In “Peer Influence on Adolescent Behaviour,” the paper says that if friends break social-distancing rules, an adolescent may feel more inclined to do likewise. That supports the direction of the claim, but the paper frames it as a possibility; it does not establish that more exposure to less helpful role models will progressively reduce motivation to distance. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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- Authors
- Andrews, J. L., Foulkes, L., & Blakemore, S.-J.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne
- Venue
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-08
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 585-587
- ISSN
- 1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7205648
- OpenAlex
- W3021446060
- Cited by
- 291
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 47 · 2022: 75 · 2021: 80 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 76.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Apollo
- Funders
- Jacobs Foundation
- Medical Research Council
- Wellcome Trust
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › COVID-19 Prevention and Impact
- Social Sciences › Communication › Communication and COVID-19 Impact
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Modeling and Simulation › COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Keywords
- peer influence, adolescents, COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing, peer encouragement, social interaction
- MeSH terms
- Peer Influence, Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Health Promotion, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Public Health, Health Behavior, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics, Social Norms
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