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Peer pressure was once a commonly accepted but unstudied scientific motivating force for some behaviours. The subject is being investigated to learn more about how peer pressure affects choices and habits. Results from numerous studies support the notion that peer pressure can persuade individuals to undertake or engage in behaviour they ordinarily wouldn’t. Peer pressure influences people to change their behaviour, whether it is through drug usage or physical activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peer pressure to use drugs and alcohol has the potential to cause addiction and be a factor in substance use disorders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peer pressure is examined by social scientists from the perspective of “Social Learning Theory.” This theory outlines all the ways that people can learn from one another. A student starts to learn about this new behaviour when they hang out with friends and watch them drinking through a number of the mechanisms described in this hypothesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peer pressure can manifest itself in more ways than one- <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A person may feel compelled to follow what their peer group considers to be “normal.” If everyone smokes, for instance, a person could feel excluded when their buddies all go outside to smoke. Because of this, people might follow suit even if their peers actively or even passively dissuade them against smoking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peers can persuade someone to do something by threatening them, assuring them how much fun it will be, or making suggestions that they might not have thought of on their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peers can indirectly affect a person’s conduct by applying indirect pressure. For instance, numerous studies have revealed that teenagers are more likely to befriend individuals who engage in similar behaviours, such as smoking.<\/p>\n\n\n