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    पीयर प्रेशर’ जहां अधिकतर नकारात्मक ढंग से तुम्हें प्रभावित करता है‚ वहीं यह सकारात्मक भी हो सकता है यानी हमउम्र दोस्तों द्वारा डाला जाने वाला यह दबाव जैसे गलत कामों के लिए हो सकता है‚ उसी तरह यह कई बार तुम पर या तुम्हारे दोस्तों पर अच्छा प्रभाव भी डाल सकता है। ‘पीयर प्रेशर’ यानी अपने हमउम्र दोस्तों के प्रभाव में आकर किया जाने वाला कार्य‚ जो जितना नकारात्मक हो सकता है‚ उतना ही यह फायदेमंद भी हो सकता है‚ जैसे कि अगर तुम्हें रीडिंग का बहुत शौक है तो हो सकता है कि तुम अपनी पढ़ी गई अच्छी किताबों के

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    Summary Today‚ peer group pressure is a major problem for teens‚ caused by influences imposed by others in the and their wanting to fit into certain groups. Society labeled the more negative peer groups as gangs or cults. Teens in such groups feel they receive prestige from the association. However‚ not all peer group pressure is a negative influence‚ such as academic and athletic achievement (Castrogiovanni‚ 1994). Studies show that most teens/adolescents feel that being in a group gives

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    Peer pressure Peer pressure is influence that a peer group‚ observers or individual exerts that encourages others to change their attitudes‚ or behaviors to stratify to group standard. It also might encourage others to have bad attitude and behaviors for example‚ smoking‚ alcohols‚ drugs‚ etc. Like most people‚ you already know that smoking is bad for your health. But do you really understand just how dangerous smoking really is? Tobacco contains nicotine‚ it’s too high addictive drug that makes

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    the Effects of Peer and Parent Pressure to the Academic Performance of 3rd Year BSHRM Students of UIC INTRODUCTION College Students are encountering lots of problem. It may include school problems‚ family problems and some are personal problems that he or she keeps on his or her own‚ and it will have a great impact to their Academic Performance. But‚ for you being pressured by your parents and peers is another part of the story. This study will help us on what state does peer and Parent Pressure

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    Peer Pressure is stronger than you think. Our teens spend more waking hours of their days directly interacting with their peers than they do with their family members. This interactive influence is more powerful than the influence of teachers‚ parents‚ or other authority figures in the teen’s life. These peers with whom teens associate have a dramatic affect on the perspectives our teens hold and the decisions that our teens make. Today’s teens are connected with their peers 24/7. It seems as though

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    Pressure to Abuse Drugs Among many forms of peer pressure imposed upon teens‚ pressure to abuse drugs may be the most prevalent in society. In fact‚ peer pressure has been found to be among thestrongest influences of drug use during adolescence.[1] One may feel that if they abuse drugs‚ they will automatically be accepted by their peers. Teens might tell themselves they will only try a drug once‚ but many find themselves under continual peer pressure to continue to experiment with drugs and ‘join

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    feedbacks from peers acting as agents could influence their co-workers performance and behavior in an informally controlled management. Thus‚ trying to understand the effectiveness of monitoring‚ work-unit performance and an individual’s satisfaction in performing well for a reward system in an organization. Highlighting the two research question “What is peer monitoring “and “Is peer monitoring associated with higher work-unit performance?” The authors examined two types of peer monitoring direct

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    Peer pressure is a very real issue that affects many of the teenagers of the world today. Society offers many misleading advertisements that seem to lead teens in all the wrong directions. If the youth of today are more educated‚ the future of our world will be a lot better off (Dobson). There are all sorts of pressures that children face today‚. Drinking‚ smoking‚ staying out past curfew‚ having sex when you are not ready- whatever it may be‚ sometimes others put the pressure on you to participate

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    party‚ smoking weed‚ or popping a pill other than aspirin. It’s absolutely amazing how peer pressure was almost non-existent when I was a kid‚ but as I grew up I started to realize that I’m constantly surrounded by it every single day. Instead of staying true to my youth‚ I eventually ended up giving in to the inevitable. I was halfway through my freshman year and I had yet to have any problems with peer pressure at all. Not a single person had offered me drugs yet or even asked me to go out to a

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    peace.To being a racist and not given rights to others what they deserve is a worst thing that hides all qualities of a person.Even though‚ that is what Canada did to Chinese and I think that Canadian government should apologize to Chinese Canadians the way their ancestors were treated. Canadians made restrictions in econonmic and social matters on chinese inhabitants and also limit their access and oppertunities in compared to that what they substantially had by themselves. To spend

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