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Child Research Net - Resources - Brown University Newsletter - 1 views

www.childresearch.net/...200006.HTM

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      Catherine Delisle on 28 Oct 10
       
      This website is extremley useful for my partner and I because it explains the consequences of peer pressure, which is our research subject. It is based on numerous, very credible researches such as the Zill research. It also explains the role that the parents have in preventing peer pressure as well as the factors that influence our generation to be much more pressured than the previous generation. Lastly, it explains that peer pressure does not only come from peers, but also from the parents' role and the role of media.
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An Often Misunderstood Concept - University of Minnesota Extension - 0 views

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      Catherine Delisle on 27 Oct 10
       
      This page is extremly helpful for my partner and I because it is based on a research and is highly credible. It explains that peer pressure is often misunderstood. Teens choose like-minded friends, which means that if the friend is pressuring them for something, it's often a thought that has been considered by the teenager before. It gives us a very different point of view on teens and peer pressure.
Catherine Delisle

Peer Pressure and Teens by Nevia David - 1 views

articles.webraydian.com/7-Peer_Pressure_and_Teens.html

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      Catherine Delisle on 21 Oct 10
       
      This web page can be very effect for our project because it explains the different factors and variables that can influence our research. It is important for us to obtain the right variables, which is what this article resumes for us.
Catherine Delisle

Main Causes Of Peer Pressure - 2 views

www.bestdaddytips.com/...n-Causes-Of-Peer-Pressure.html

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      Catherine Delisle on 06 Oct 10
       
      This page could be really useful because it speaks of the different factors that can CAUSE a child/teenager to be pressured by peers. It explains how the way of upbringing a child is a crucial aspect. The environment is also very important.
  • First of all, a child need not get pressurized by their peers. If they are cool, if they are confident and if they are sure of themselves, they will not break and crack under pressure. This comes only from healthy upbringing. A child starts to think that their friends are better if they were constantly compared to others by their own parents. Also, children with older siblings, who are bullies, can fall under peer pressure.
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      Catherine Delisle on 07 Oct 10
       
      This section of the text is very interesting because it says that the upbringing of a child is a crucial aspect. Their parents behaviour is also very important to the way they will respond to peer pressures. Their relationships with their families are very important.
  • A child's low self confidence and low self esteem are the biggest reasons for coming under peer pressure. Another common reason is if the parent is extremely strict, then the child may find the constant urge to do something wrong. However, all roads lead to the parents' way of upbringing. The environment at home has a big impact on children. Though for a teenager their friends have a bigger impact on them than the parents, it is the parents who have set the foundation.
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      Catherine Delisle on 07 Oct 10
       
      This section explains the importance of a high self esteem in a child/teenager. Also, it speeks of the role parents play in the development of character in children/teens. There is an aspect of rivalry that teenagers have; the stricter the parent, the more the teen contradicts them.
Catherine Delisle

Important Facts On Peer Pressure - Life123 - 2 views

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      Catherine Delisle on 06 Oct 10
       
      This page could be really useful for our project because it talks about the effects peer pressure can have on teenagers. It explains that peer pressure can cause emotional damage and make someone believe that they are not able to make proper independant choices.
  • Peer pressure affects adolescents, teens and some adults. Peer pressure can cause a lack of self-esteem when a person does something that conflicts with personal values. Repeatedly giving in to the group can damage a teen's sense of self and cause emotional damage. It also reduces a teen's belief in her ability to make good choices. Peer pressure can lead to early drug use, smoking, sexual behavior and alcohol abuse. Parents, not peers, have the strongest influence over most teens
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      Catherine Delisle on 07 Oct 10
       
      This section is definitly very important because it explains the different effects peer pressure can have on teens. I never thought of it as emotional damage or reducing a teen's belies in their ability to make a good choice, but it definitly makes a lot of sense.
Catherine Delisle

Peer Pressure and Teens - 1 views

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      Catherine Delisle on 06 Oct 10
       
      This page could really help Dunya and I in our research because it really helps us see the other side of peer pressure. It explains that their is two different sides of presure: a negative and positive one. Also, it talks about factors that can influence our project.
  • It is important to remember that teenage friends can have a positive influence on your children, you should therefore help them find friends that have similar interests and views as those you are trying to develop in your children, including doing well in school, having respect for others and avoiding drug use, smoking and drinking, etc.
  • How successfully you handle peer pressure depends a great deal on how you feel about yourself and your place in the world. There are certain "risk factors" for peer pressure, personality traits that make you more prone to give in to peer pressure.
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      Catherine Delisle on 07 Oct 10
       
      This point is really important because it explains how peer pressure can influence different people. If you have a higher confidence, you won't be as influenced by peer pressure than if you have very low self confidence.
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  • Peer Pressure is two types; such as positive and negative peer pressure.
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      Catherine Delisle on 07 Oct 10
       
      This point is also really important because it helps my partner and I to see that there are two different types of pressures: some are negative and some are positive. They can influence someone in two drastically different ways.
  • Gender and age are factors
  • Younger teens are more easily influenced than older teens, with peer pressure peaking in about eighth or ninth grade
  • confidence level, personality and degree of maturity make a difference.
  • The need for acceptance, approval, and belonging is vital during the teen years.
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Who Shaped Our Behavior? Peers or Parents? - 2 views

www.mindpub.com/art273.htm

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  • According to Harris, children are most influenced by their peers.  They adopt many behaviors of their peers in social settings in order to be accepted by their peers.
  • She goes on to say that children's interaction with their peers permanently modifies their inborn psychological characteristics
  • They adopt many behaviors of their peers in social settings in order to be accepted by
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  • The fact is that we decide who we would let influence, inspire, or corrupt us.
  • It is true that children adopt or mimic certain behaviors in social settings in order to win acceptance of their peers.  How desperate children get for peer acceptance and approval depends on the sense of individuality (or lack of it) their families cultivate in them.  Children whose parents encourage them to think independently learn to question rather than to blindly follow.  Such children might be less influenced by their peers.
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      Catherine Delisle on 07 Oct 10
       
      This could help me and my partner for our project because we understand that teenagers try to immitate people to become socially accepted by them. We also understand that teenagers are desperate for this acceptance and have parents who teach them to question important decisions have more independance that those who are 'followers'.
  • Parents influence at-home behavior and peers influence behavior outside the home, that is, the behavior in the social setting.  We learn how to make friends and influence others by first experimenting with our peers and then we transfer these skills to the adult world of coworkers and friends.  But, how we behave as partners and parents is more likely to be shaped by what we observe in our families as children.  
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      Catherine Delisle on 07 Oct 10
       
      This section could help us because it explains how teenagers change their behaviours when at home compared to with their social groups. People will always be different with their friends than with their families.
  • Peers influence our behavior but parents play a part in which peers we choose to associate with.  Our behavior in public and at work is largely determined by our childhood peers but our family behavior is determined by the early lessons we received at home. 
    • Catherine Delisle
      Catherine Delisle on 30 Sep 10
       
      This web page could really help me and my partner on our search to find the correlation between different environments that teens are in and the behaviour they adapt for that specific environment. This text explains a lot about the mentality that teens have and their influences.
  • Catherine Delisle on 30 Sep 10
     
    Psychology of teenage behaviour: Who influences our behaviour and how does it change from social cliques to our homes
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