The peer group is important in the psychological development of adolescents, serving as a guide in the formation of identity as adolescents begin to establish a sense of self that is separate from the family (Brown, 1990). Peer pressure is defined as the social pressure to adopt certain behaviors in order to fit in with others. Peer pressure may be experienced directly or indirectly. Adolescents are influenced more by what their peers think than by what their peers actually do (Schuck & Meece, 2005) It is the feeling to be pressured on certain situations that where in you are to decide what to do so. Peer pressure most occurs when adolescents are with their peers especially when it comes to school or social activities. They are intended to do either good or bad behaviors. At adolescence, peer relations expand to occupy a particularly central role in young people’s lives. New types (opposite sex, romantic ties) and levels (crowds) of peer relationships emerge. Peers typically replace the family as the center of a young person’s socializing and leisure activities. Teenagers have multiple peer relationships, and they confront multiple peer cultures that have remarkably different norms and value systems. The perception many adults have that peer pressure is one culture or a unified front of dangerous influence is inaccurate. More often than not, peers reinforce family values, but they
The peer group is important in the psychological development of adolescents, serving as a guide in the formation of identity as adolescents begin to establish a sense of self that is separate from the family (Brown, 1990). Peer pressure is defined as the social pressure to adopt certain behaviors in order to fit in with others. Peer pressure may be experienced directly or indirectly. Adolescents are influenced more by what their peers think than by what their peers actually do (Schuck & Meece, 2005) It is the feeling to be pressured on certain situations that where in you are to decide what to do so. Peer pressure most occurs when adolescents are with their peers especially when it comes to school or social activities. They are intended to do either good or bad behaviors. At adolescence, peer relations expand to occupy a particularly central role in young people’s lives. New types (opposite sex, romantic ties) and levels (crowds) of peer relationships emerge. Peers typically replace the family as the center of a young person’s socializing and leisure activities. Teenagers have multiple peer relationships, and they confront multiple peer cultures that have remarkably different norms and value systems. The perception many adults have that peer pressure is one culture or a unified front of dangerous influence is inaccurate. More often than not, peers reinforce family values, but they