Peer Pressure

Peer pressure is an influence when you choose to do something you wouldn't otherwise do because you want to feel accepted and valued by your friends. It isn't just or always about doing something against your will. Peer pressure appears in most teenagers' behaviors ( 85% of High School students have Felt Peer Pressure ) ( 70% of Teen Smokers Started Smoking Due to Peer Pressure ) ( only 10% of Kids Say That Peer Pressure Has Never Influenced Them ) and is shaped by wanting to feel they belong to a group of friends or peers.

History

Peer pressure is a well-known psychological effect. People adjust their opinions and behaviors to fit within the group. The origin of this effect can be found in prehistory when fitting within the herd was necessary to survive. The concept of peer pressure (also known as peer influence or group influence )arises in psychology literature starting in the 1950s . By the 1970s, the term was widely used in popular culture when discussing adolescents and influ-ences on their behaviors. Currently, it is often associated with adolescents copying smoking and drinking behavior. I admit that adolescents are vulnerable to peer pressure, but the pressure is certainly not limited to adolescence. In addition, it impacts many facets of behaviors and decision-making.

Positive

Peers set plenty of good examples for each other. Having peers who are committed to doing well in school or to doing their best in a sport can influence you to build these qualities in yourself. Even peers you've never met can be role models! For example, watching someone your age compete in the Olympics, give a piano concert, or spearhead a community project might inspire you to go after a dream of your own. The teenage brain is hypersensitive to the opinions of others and their place in the social group. Areas of the brain associated with reward are more active when they are with peers, giving them a lot of positive feedback when they are being observed or interacting with others. For the same reason m, they also learn more quickly in the presence of their peers. Knowing this, your child can use it to their advantage. In the same way, you model the behavior you want your child to adopt, ask your child to model the behavior they want to see from their friends and peers.

Negative

Teen peer pressure is a complicated area. While teens may feel they have " grown up", their brain is still developing. One of the immature functions is judgment. Negative peer pressure can lead teens in a bad direction. It could lead them to try alcohol or drugs, skip school, or engage in other poor behaviors that could put their health at risk.It can decrease self-confidence abd lead to poor academic performance, distancing from family members and friend, or an increase in depression and anziety. Left untreated , this could enventually lead teens to engage in self-harm or have suicidal thoughts. Negative peer pressure can encourage teenagers to participate in negative behaviors and habits such as:

    Skipping Class
    Stealing 
    Cheating
    Bullying
    Using drugs or alcohol

One common social media misrepresentation is when people post the "best" of their lives, creatihng a false sense of reality . This can lead teens to compare the true reality of their lives to the " picture-perfect" portrayal of others" lives and feel pressure to keep up. Additionally , the absence of in-person feedback can enable an enviroment in which people share harmful content or abusive conmments that they would not other wise say in person . This phenonmennon ( called trolling ) is an incredibly pervasive form of negative peer pressure found on social media. There havve also been examples of harmful online challenges that have the potential to negatively impact a child's health. Advidence Give the effect that peer pressure can have on adolescents and teens , it's important for parent to encourage open conmunication and help their child prepare for situations of negative peer pressure. See seven tips to help teens avoid negative peer pressure and respond in a healthy way. 1. Create an enviroment of open communication with your child from an early age.Look for opportunities to ask your child about pressure they have seen or experienced and how that made them feel

2. Shareyour own experiences of peer pressure as appropriate and ways you've handled the.Model healthy behaviors with your friends and family.

3.Teach your child how to set boudaries and be assertive in their communication. Ask them to think about what they would say in a negative situationm and practice saying no in different ways.

4. Establish a plan a backup plant with your child for situation of negative peer pressure.Let them know there is nothing wrong with making an excuse if they are unsure what to do and help them brainstorm crative ways to exit an uncomforable situation.

If your continue to have concerns regarding your child and peer pressure, reach out to teachers school administration or a mental professional for addistional support.

Peer Pressure is Now Global

In daily life right now appear many app connect to each people to watching such as ; Tiktok , Instargram , Facebook,... with image or video created by individual person to show up their personality and vibe in a video with sending messenger to everyone who feel anxiety about themselves.In other wide peer pressure has changed quite a bit as social media become more present in teens'live. Things like fashion trends and chain mail can all be form of peer pressure through the internet. In life with improving the econemic right now , parents have oportunities to earn money and spend for their kid , buy anythings they wanted could help them about their emotion to feel happiness in peer pressure . The responsibility of each parent is important to kid make them feel pround and no one can not compare.

In My Experience

With all information above I realize peer pressure appear in teenager like my ages, I use being peer pressure with each other who has same age in education. In society have those genius people earn many goal in their life.If I was in 15 ages I am gonna feel negatives peer pressure about myself to compare with other. But now I am in 18 , I am on the ages feeling mature mindset to thinking about peer pressure situation , learning from their goal to shape my self and create my goal to completely who I gonna be in future to make my parent proud.To be honest I am living in a generation who are kindness person that I can learning from their lifestly to help each other, I feel loves from them who love me with everythings they have . In living life your environment could effect the way you lives , when you contact to postive peoples the way they treat with everyone will lead you the road become good manners.

References

Peer Pressure is an influence when you choose to do something you wouldn't otherwise do because you want to feel accepted and valued by your friends. It isn't just or always about doing something against your will. Peer Pressure appears in most teenagers' behaviors ( 85% of High School students have Felt Peer Pressure ) ( 70% of Teen Smokers Started Smoking Due to Peer Pressure ) ( only 10% of Kids Say That Peer Pressure Has Never Influenced Them ) and is shaped by wanting to feel they belong to a group of friends or peers.

History

Peer pressure is a well-known psychological effect. People adjust their opinions and behaviors to fit within the group. The origin of this effect can be found in prehistory when fitting within the herd was necessary to survive. The concept of peer pressure (also known as peer influence or group influence )arises in psychology literature starting in the 1950s . By the 1970s, the term was widely used in popular culture when discussing adolescents and influ-ences on their behaviors. Currently, it is often associated with adolescents copying smoking and drinking behavior. I admit that adolescents are vulnerable to peer pressure, but the pressure is certainly not limited to adolescence. In addition, it impacts many facets of behaviors and decision-making.

Positive

Peers set plenty of good examples for each other. Having peers who are committed to doing well in school or to doing their best in a sport can influence you to build these qualities in yourself. Even peers you've never met can be role models! For example, watching someone your age compete in the Olympics, give a piano concert, or spearhead a community project might inspire you to go after a dream of your own. The teenage brain is hypersensitive to the opinions of others and their place in the social group. Areas of the brain associated with reward are more active when they are with peers, giving them a lot of positive feedback when they are being observed or interacting with others. For the same reason m, they also learn more quickly in the presence of their peers. Knowing this, your child can use it to their advantage. In the same way, you model the behavior you want your child to adopt, ask your child to model the behavior they want to see from their friends and peers.

Negative

Teen peer pressure is a complicated area. While teens may feel they have " grown up", their brain is still developing. One of the immature functions is judgment. Negative peer pressure can lead teens in a bad direction. It could lead them to try alcohol or drugs, skip school, or engage in other poor behaviors that could put their health at risk.It can decrease self-confidence abd lead to poor academic performance, distancing from family members and friend, or an increase in depression and anziety. Left untreated , this could enventually lead teens to engage in self-harm or have suicidal thoughts. Negative peer pressure can encourage teenagers to participate in negative behaviors and habits such as:

    Skipping Class
    Stealing 
    Cheating
    Bullying
    Using drugs or alcohol

One common social media misrepresentation is when people post the "best" of their lives, creatihng a false sense of reality . This can lead teens to compare the true reality of their lives to the " picture-perfect" portrayal of others" lives and feel pressure to keep up. Additionally , the absence of in-person feedback can enable an enviroment in which people share harmful content or abusive conmments that they would not other wise say in person . This phenonmennon ( called trolling ) is an incredibly pervasive form of negative peer pressure found on social media. There havve also been examples of harmful online challenges that have the potential to negatively impact a child's health. Advidence Give the effect that peer pressure can have on adolescents and teens , it's important for parent to encourage open conmunication and help their child prepare for situations of negative peer pressure. See seven tips to help teens avoid negative peer pressure and respond in a healthy way. 1. Create an enviroment of open communication with your child from an early age.Look for opportunities to ask your child about pressure they have seen or experienced and how that made them feel

2. Shareyour own experiences of peer pressure as appropriate and ways you've handled the.Model healthy behaviors with your friends and family.

3.Teach your child how to set boudaries and be assertive in their communication. Ask them to think about what they would say in a negative situationm and practice saying no in different ways.

4. Establish a plan a backup plant with your child for situation of negative peer pressure.Let them know there is nothing wrong with making an excuse if they are unsure what to do and help them brainstorm crative ways to exit an uncomforable situation.

If your continue to have concerns regarding your child and peer pressure, reach out to teachers school administration or a mental professional for addistional support.

Peer Pressure is Now Global

In daily life right now appear many app connect to each people to watching such as ; Tiktok , Instargram , Facebook,... with image or video created by individual person to show up their personality and vibe in a video with sending messenger to everyone who feel anxiety about themselves.In other wide peer pressure has changed quite a bit as social media become more present in teens'live. Things like fashion trends and chain mail can all be form of peer pressure through the internet. In life with improving the econemic right now , parents have oportunities to earn money and spend for their kid , buy anythings they wanted could help them about their emotion to feel happiness in peer pressure . The responsibility of each parent is important to kid make them feel pround and no one can not compare.

In My Experience

With all information above I realize peer pressure appear in teenager like my ages, I use being peer pressure with each other who has same age in education. In society have those genius people earn many goal in their life.If I was in 15 ages I am gonna feel negatives peer pressure about myself to compare with other. But now I am in 18 , I am on the ages feeling mature mindset to thinking about peer pressure situation , learning from their goal to shape my self and create my goal to completely who I gonna be in future to make my parent proud.To be honest I am living in a generation who are kindness person that I can learning from their lifestly to help each other, I feel loves from them who love me with everythings they have . In living life your environment could effect the way you lives , when you contact to postive peoples the way they treat with everyone will lead you the road become good manners.

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