It is observed that peer group has influence on students. This is seen from the role played by the peer group in the life and learning of students; it is believed that students feel more comfortable ...

Peer pressure strongly shapes how young people eat, sleep, exercise and experiment. Mental health experts explain warning ...

What do you think of those mysterious and seemingly dreaded forces in our society - teenage peer groups and pressure? Do you conjure up nightmare images of gangs, drugs, sex and alcohol? If so, you ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Peer-group influence on adolescents is well established, especially regarding drugs and alcohol. New research indicates it also extends to bullying behavior. Through surveys at a ...

To what Extent does Peer Group Smoking Predict Adolescent Smoking? The tendency for adolescent peer group members to share common characteristics such as smoking, termed alternatively as peer group ...

Source: Carl Pickhardt, Ph.D. An adolescent peer group is the collection of friends a young person regularly hangs out with. While it’s true that the pressure of peer group membership (e.g., to agree, ...

Children's tendency to show ethnic/racial prejudice is greater when their friends exclude individuals on the basis of race and when their peer groups felt threatened by outsiders, finds a new study ...

The term "peer pressure" is often linked to the experiences of children or teenagers in extreme situations. One University of Texas at Dallas researcher wondered if adults continue to succumb to ...

At a social event, shortly after I started my company, I met an old Silverback. Near the end of his career, he saw I was at the beginning of mine. He offered unsolicited advice: “Become active in your ...

Most young people seem to understand that adolescence is no time to go it alone. Such social isolation can breed loneliness (“I don’t have friends to keep me company”) and ignorance (“No one tells me ...