EFFECT OF PEER PRESSURE OF STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
CHAPTER TWO
Introduction
Peers become an important influence on behavior during adolescence, and peer pressure has been called a hallmark of an adolescent experience. Peer conformity in young people is most pronounced with respect to style, taste, appearance, ideology, and values. Peer pressure is commonly associated with episodes of adolescent risk taking (such as delinquency, drug abuse, sexual behaviors, and reckless driving) because these activities commonly occur in the company of peers. Affiliation with friends who engage in risk behaviors has been shown to be a strong predictor of an adolescent's own behavior.
However, peer pressure can also have positive effects when youth are pressured by their peers toward positive behavior, such as volunteering for charity or excelling in academics. The importance of peers declines upon entering adulthood. While socially accepted kids often have the most opportunities and the most positive experiences, research shows that being in the popular crowd may also be a risk factor for mild to moderate deviant behavior. Popular adolescents are the most socialized into their peer groups and thus are vulnerable to peer pressures, such as behaviors usually reserved for those of a greater maturity and understanding.
2.0.1 WHAT IS PEER PRESSURE?
Peer pressure is the phenomenon wherein we tend to get influenced by the lifestyles and the ways of thinking of our peers.
Peer pressure is when members or friends of the same age group try to influence or talk you in to doing things that you do not do. Many people give in to peer pressure because they want to be accepted with their friends. Peer pressure is not always a bad thing; one can also be pressured in a positive way.
Peer pressure is influence that a peer group, observers or individual exerts that encourages others to our peers are the people with whom you identify and spend time. In children and teens, they are usually, but not always, of the same age group. In adults, peers
Introduction
Peers become an important influence on behavior during adolescence, and peer pressure has been called a hallmark of an adolescent experience. Peer conformity in young people is most pronounced with respect to style, taste, appearance, ideology, and values. Peer pressure is commonly associated with episodes of adolescent risk taking (such as delinquency, drug abuse, sexual behaviors, and reckless driving) because these activities commonly occur in the company of peers. Affiliation with friends who engage in risk behaviors has been shown to be a strong predictor of an adolescent's own behavior.
However, peer pressure can also have positive effects when youth are pressured by their peers toward positive behavior, such as volunteering for charity or excelling in academics. The importance of peers declines upon entering adulthood. While socially accepted kids often have the most opportunities and the most positive experiences, research shows that being in the popular crowd may also be a risk factor for mild to moderate deviant behavior. Popular adolescents are the most socialized into their peer groups and thus are vulnerable to peer pressures, such as behaviors usually reserved for those of a greater maturity and understanding.
2.0.1 WHAT IS PEER PRESSURE?
Peer pressure is the phenomenon wherein we tend to get influenced by the lifestyles and the ways of thinking of our peers.
Peer pressure is when members or friends of the same age group try to influence or talk you in to doing things that you do not do. Many people give in to peer pressure because they want to be accepted with their friends. Peer pressure is not always a bad thing; one can also be pressured in a positive way.
Peer pressure is influence that a peer group, observers or individual exerts that encourages others to our peers are the people with whom you identify and spend time. In children and teens, they are usually, but not always, of the same age group. In adults, peers