Peer pressure has always been a part of childhood but in today’s world it takes many new forms. From wanting to own the latest gadgets to comparing lifestyles such as arriving at school in an ...

To slightly modify the title of a well-known TV show: Kids do the darndest things. Recently, researchers from Germany and the U.K. carried out a study, published in the journal Science Robotics, that ...

Peer Pressure refers to the influence exerted by a person’s peer or people of similar age, states or interests, to adopt certain behaviours, attitude or values. This influence can be direct or ...

When we think about peer pressure, we immediately think it is a force ruining our society. Not only can it hurt the victim, but it can also impact the people around us. Peer pressure strongly ...

Economist Robert Frank studies peer pressure and how its power can be leveraged for good. In his new book, “Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work,” Frank explains the idea of “behavioral ...

Most of us think of peer pressure as something bad kids exert on good kids in high school to get them to misbehave. But every word and action between adults have some subtle effect (sometimes, not so ...

As I indicated in my Letter to the Editor earlier this week, I am learning the difference between positive and negative peer pressure. I want to be the type of person who does things because of my ...

As much as we talk about helping kids to resist “peer pressure,” it exists. Even for the most self-assured, independent-thinking child, social dynamics and peer relationships are an influence on ...

You likely remember your parents warning you about the dangers of peer pressure. “If your friend jumped off a cliff, would you do it, too?” or other some such admonition. But, lo and behold, when the ...