Intimacy‐driven conformity: A between‐ and within‐person perspective on friendship quality and adolescent susceptibility to peer norms about alcohol

Taken together, results suggest that high-quality friendships amplified the influence of perceived friends' approval on alcohol intentions at the between-person level, but not for perceptions of use. Adolescents may prioritize maintaining their friendships; in turn, they adjust their beliefs and perceptions to preserve these relationships. Furthermore, perceptions of friends' alcohol norms operated similarly at the between- and within-level.