Adolescents particularly susceptible to drinking habits of romantic partner's friends

ScienceDaily (Sep. 28, 2011) ? The drinking habits of a romantic partner's friends are more likely to impact an adolescent's future drinking than are the behaviors of an adolescent's own friends or significant other, according to a new study in the October issue of the American Sociological Review.

"Dating someone whose friends are big drinkers is more likely to cause an adolescent to engage in dangerous drinking behaviors than are the drinking habits of the adolescent's own friends or romantic partner," said Derek Kreager, lead author of the study and an associate professor of crime, law, and justice at Pennsylvania State University. "This applies to both binge drinking and drinking frequency."

For example, the study found that the odds of an adolescent binge drinking if his or her partner's friends engage in heavy drinking is more than twice as high as the likelihood of an adolescent binge drinking if his or her friends or significant other drink heavily.

"The friends of a partner are likely to be very different from the adolescent and his or her friends and they might also be, at least a little, different from the partner," said Kreager, who coauthored the study with Dana A. Haynie, a sociology professor at Ohio State University. "Adolescents are motivated to be more like their partner's friends in an effort to strengthen their relationship with their partner."

Of course, the influence of a significant other's friends on an adolescent's drinking habits is not always negative. "If an adolescent is a drinker and he or she starts going out with someone whose friends predominately don't drink, you would find the same effect but in the opposite direction," Kreager said.

Relying on data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a survey of U.S. adolescents enrolled in grades 7 through 12 in the 1994-1995 school year, the Kreager/Haynie study considers responses from 449 couples (898 students) in 1994, when they hadn't necessarily gotten together yet, and in 1996, after they had become a couple. Kreager and Haynie focus on heterosexual couples who were students during both waves of the survey.

In their study, the authors also found that before getting together, adolescent dating partners share few of the same friends and that an adolescent's friends are likely to be the same gender as he or she. "Couples often come from different friendship groups," said Kreager.

These results support the idea that the peer contexts of dating expose adolescents to new opportunities and norms that influence their own drinking behavior, while also increasing opposite-gender friendship ties and expanding early adolescent mixed-gender peer groups, according to the authors.

Still, Kreager said, it's important to note that although the drinking habits of a romantic partner's friends are more likely to impact an adolescent's future drinking than are the behaviors of an adolescent's own friends or significant other, the adolescent's friends and partner are likely to be influential nonetheless.

Interestingly, the research indicates limited gender differences in observed associations. "Consistent with prior literature, our findings indicate that girls are significantly less likely than their male partners to binge drink," Kreager said. "However, we find that connections with drinking friends, romantic partners, and friends-of partners have similar positive associations with the drinking habits of boys and girls. Moreover, our research suggests that, if anything, males are more susceptible to a significant other's influence than are girls."

In terms of policy implications, Kreager said, "The study demonstrates the need for educators and policymakers to more closely examine dating and the people dating puts adolescents in contact with when they consider interventions to address drinking behaviors, attitudes, and opportunities."

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1. D. A. Kreager, D. L. Haynie. Dangerous Liaisons? Dating and Drinking Diffusion in Adolescent Peer Networks. American Sociological Review, 2011; 76 (5): 737 DOI: 10.1177/0003122411416934

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Healthy Hollywood: Get Movin' Monday - Dance Away The Inches Like Ricki Lake! (omg!)

By Terri MacLeod

NEW YORK., N.Y. -- "Dancing with the Stars" could be re-named "Celebrity Biggest Losers." Each season star contestants melt away the pounds, as they try and dance their way to the top prize.

"DWTS" contestant Ricki Lake proudly states she's already lost 8 1/2 inches - thanks to the show's daily four to five hour workouts.

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"I'm hoping to pull a Kristie Alley," Lake reveals to People magazine. "I'm a little self-conscious of my arms and my back fat but they're trimming down really quickly," she adds.

Fellow "DWTS" contestant Nancy Grace is also shedding the pounds. The legal analyst has dropped 10 lbs. Not bad, ladies!

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For most of us, the chance to be on "DWTS" is slim, but you can still boogie away the pounds.

"When you dance, the music, the moves, and atmosphere put you in a space where you forget that you are working out," reveals dance expert Ilyse Baker, who has worked with Rihanna and LeAnn Rimes. "When you dance you don't have to spend time looking at the clock counting down the seconds you have left to exercise."

Anybody can dance - whether it's at the clubs, a dance studio, or in the privacy of your own home. Plus, it's a fat-burning workout that tightens and tones. "There are several different dance styles to choose from that offer different ways to blast calories and tone several different areas," says Ilyse. "For example, Ballet is a great way to get those long, lean lines of a dancer that we are all destined to have and will leave you with a killer toned body. African Dance is an incredible all over energizing cardio workout where you can burn up to 1000 calories in 60 minutes."

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Ilyse shares with Healthy Hollywood 3 moves that will sculpt your body. So, crank up the music and get moving!

For Killer Abs:
Place your legs hip width apart, soften your knees, tuck your pelvis forward, and engage your core. Pump your arms and thrust your pelvis forward to your favorite tunes. Try doing this exercise for 5 minutes to your favorite song and you will be smiling all the way to your 6-pack abs. This move works your entire midsection and the best part is that you do not have to do a single crunch on the floor.

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For Lean Legs:
Ballet helps to lengthen muscles and is a good way to go if you want to avoid bulky leg muscles. I love my Funky Plies move. Start in Ballet first position with your heels kissed together and your toes pointed out to about a 45-degree angle. Once you grasp this position, keep your feet turned out then walk your legs out to second position, which leaves your feet right underneath your shoulders. Keeping your arms by your sides, your chest lifted, bend straight down and then straighten your legs as you squeeze your butt cheeks together. Pop in your favorite music and start this move by bending down in your legs, keeping them wide then as you come up bring one leg in then repeat to the other side. You will feel this in your quads, glutes, hamstrings, and a little in your adductors as well.

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Try playing my follow the leader game. Push your arms out to the sides of the room nice and strong. Pull your hands into your chest then drop your elbows down to the floor, fingertips shoot up towards the ceiling, and push away back to your starting position. Keep this movement strong and in control for maximum results. Put on your favorite tunes and do this exercise repeatedly until you feel the burn.

For more dance moves, check out www.ilysebaker.com. Also, tune in to "Dancing with the Stars" tonight at 8 PM on ABC.

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Obama can't blame the do-nothing Congress

Presidential criticism of Congress has been fruitful for incumbents in the past, but Obama should be aware that the political climate today is much different from that of 1948, when Harry Truman campaigned against the do-nothing 80th Congress.

When he unveiled his latest jobs plan earlier this month, President Obama seemed to be sending a clear challenge to House Republicans: Pass my agenda or face the wrath of voters. In doing so, he seems ready to run for reelection against congressional Republicans regardless of who the GOP nominates.

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Presidential criticism of Congress during periods of divided government has been fruitful for incumbents in the past, but Mr. Obama should be aware that the political climate today is much different from that of 1948, when Harry Truman campaigned against the ?do-nothing? 80th Congress.

Incumbent Truman entered that election cycle at a decided disadvantage. Demobilization from World War II had sparked inflation, a housing shortage, and rampant labor unrest, leading to Truman?s approval rating sinking below 40 percent for much of the year. The Democratic party was also in a shambles. Rather than accept a strong civil rights plan, southern Democrats nominated Strom Thurmond on the ?Dixiecrat? ticket. The more liberal elements of the party formed the Progressive Party and nominated former Vice-President Henry Wallace. With the Democrats splintered, pundits forecast an easy win for the GOP nominee, New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey.

Truman relished the underdog role and took two important steps to revive his candidacy. First, he called the Republican-controlled 80th Congress back into special session and demanded that they pass a laundry list of legislation, including bills that addressed civil rights, minimum wage, and aid to education. Second, he launched a nationwide campaign where he attacked the congressional Republicans constantly, laying the nation?s economic woes at the feet of the GOP and, by default, Governor Dewey.

Truman?s rhetorical offensive, in which he promised to ?give ?em hell,? was incredibly effective, largely because of Republican dysfunction. The Republicans were split between moderates under Dewey and strident conservatives led by Ohio Sen. Robert A. Taft. Dewey tried to make the Republicans appear more progressive and distanced himself from the pro-business record of the GOP. Taft hoped to limit the growth of the New Deal and move back to a system of limited government. The Republican platform, drafted by the Dewey wing, included the very things Truman asked for during the special session but was completely unpalatable to the conservatives in Congress asked to implement them.

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UBS CEO Gruebel resigns over rogue trading loss

FILE - In this file photo of July 26, 2011, Oswald Gruebel, CEO of Swiss Bank UBS, speaks during a news conference announcing the second quarter results of 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland. Gruebel has declined to comment after meeting with the Swiss bank's board of directors in Singapore Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, amid criticism over a $2.3 billion rogue trading loss. (AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri, File) GERMANY OUT; AUSTRIA OUT

FILE - In this file photo of July 26, 2011, Oswald Gruebel, CEO of Swiss Bank UBS, speaks during a news conference announcing the second quarter results of 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland. Gruebel has declined to comment after meeting with the Swiss bank's board of directors in Singapore Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, amid criticism over a $2.3 billion rogue trading loss. (AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri, File) GERMANY OUT; AUSTRIA OUT

GENEVA (AP) ? UBS chief executive Oswald Gruebel has resigned over a $2.3 billion loss caused by rogue trading at its investment division, which is to be restructured now to prevent similar incidents in future, the Swiss bank said Saturday.

Gruebel, who had come under heavy pressure from shareholders over the scandal, said he hoped his resignation would allow the bank to restore its reputation in the eyes of clients and investors.

"As CEO, I bear full responsibility for what occurs at UBS," he said in a memo to staff. "From my first day on the job I placed the reputation of the bank above all else. That is why I want to and must act according to my convictions."

UBS Europe chief Sergio P. Ermotti will take over immediately as interim chief executive until Gruebel's replacement is appointed.

Gruebel's departure caps 10 days of speculation over his future following the bank's announcement that a single London-based trader had evaded internal control systems and gambled away $2.3 billion.

The trader, 31-year-old Kweku Adoboli, was arrested Sept. 15 and charged with fraud and false accounting. A judge ordered him Thursday to be held in jail until a hearing next month.

The rogue trading loss is the third major scandal to hit Switzerland's biggest bank in recent years, and the second to come out of its investment unit. During the financial crisis, UBS was one of the European banks worst hit by failed investments in the subprime mortgage market. A year later, it became embroiled in an embarrassing U.S. tax evasion case.

UBS President Kaspar Villiger told reporters the board had tried to persuade Gruebel to stay until the bank's annual shareholder meeting next year, but the gravel-voiced German had wanted to send a strong signal about the trading loss immediately.

"He thinks that this act could maybe create a new basis for UBS to continue," said Villiger, who earlier noted that UBS wants to "turn this disaster into an opportunity."

Speculation has already begun over who is to succeed the 67-year-old Gruebel. Ermotti, a Swiss citizen who joined UBS from Italy's UniCredit, is considered a front-runner.

"Sergio is, of course, a strong candidate," said Villiger. He mentioned no other names.

Villiger said Gruebel, who was brought in more than two years ago to help revive the fortunes of the Zurich-based bank, had achieved "an impressive turnaround and strengthened UBS fundamentally."

Gruebel came out of retirement to lead UBS. A former trader, he steered the bank back to profit and resolved the U.S. tax evasion case, though not without blowing a hole in Switzerland's storied tradition of banking secrecy.

As head of UBS he also accepted new Swiss government rules that require the bank and its rival Credit Suisse to hold far greater capital reserves to prevent a possible collapse during a banking crisis.

"He steps down having helped make UBS one of the world's best capitalized banks," Villiger added.

Gruebel's resignation was inevitable, given the size of the loss and the bank's other recent risk-management failures, said Michael Robinson, a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission official who advises banks and companies on crisis communications.

"As soon as we found out that a single trader had lost what would surely have been their entire quarterly profit, (Gruebel) was just waiting to fall down and die," Robinson said, now a senior vice president at Levick Strategic Communications in Washington, D.C.

By responding quickly, Robinson said, UBS gave itself a chance to show it is serious about preventing similar problems in the future.

But the bank still must win over investors with substantive changes to its leadership and risk-management policies, he said. A similarly orderly transition wasn't likely at a scandal-plagued U.S. bank, given the scrutiny banks in the U.S. get from regulators, Congress and a recession-weary public.

"This is very orderly; it's the kind of thing you'd expect from a European institution as opposed to an American institution," Robinson said.

The UBS board, which met in Singapore this week, said it would seek to put in place measures to prevent a similar rogue trading loss from recurring.

The bank said it would hold on to its integrated strategy, but that the investment business would be simplified to ensure there was less risk, using less capital to produce more reliable returns. Asked whether investment bank chief Carsten Kengeter would keep his job, Villiger said: "I do not see any reasons to doubt (his) future."

Earlier this week, the Government of Singapore Investment Corp. ? the largest UBS shareholder ? said in a rare public rebuke that it was concerned about lapses at UBS and called on the bank to restore confidence.

The sovereign wealth fund, which owns about 6.4 percent of UBS, has suffered heavy losses on its investment as the bank's share price has more than halved since it became a shareholder.

In Washington, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, deputy prime minister of Singapore and minister of finance, refused to comment on UBS developments on Saturday, insisting on the separation between the government and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation decisions. He said he was sure the GSIC officials were in touch with UBS officials and Swiss regulators. Tharman was in Washington, chairing the meeting of the International Monetary Fund's policy-setting committee.

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AP Business Writer Daniel Wagner and AP Economics Writer Martin Crutsinger in Washington contributed to this report.

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