Peer Pressure Factor in Adolescence

Abstract

The attainment of self-identity is the basic goal of adolescence period. This can be attainted through a process which usually is crucial and complex and needs support and cooperation of individual and family relations. To support and assure the development of members of the family is the main role of family. Hence, in order to identify the role of peer pressure in the psychological development of adolescence various factors were reviewed in this research such as emotional autonomy, susceptibility to peer pressure, and the relationship between these two variables with respect to peer pressure. For this purpose 550 American adolescence students were selected, out of which 49.5% were males and rest of the sample represent females. The results were measured using Emotional Autonomy Scale (EAS). Results showed that females are less likely to suspect to peer pressure then males. Finally, the results showed that greater the autonomy the greater will be the susceptibility to peer pressure

Introduction4

Role of Relationships in Self-Identity Formation4

Thesis Statement6

Autonomy V/s Susceptibility to Peer Pressure6

Emotional Autonomy7

Susceptibility to Peer pressure8

Peer pressure Factor in Decision Making8

Negative Impact of Peer Pressure9

Method10

Participants10

Scales10

Results12

Emotional Autonomy12

Susceptibility to Peer Pressure12

Relationship among emotional autonomy and susceptibility to peer pressure13

Discussion13

References16

Appendix20

Peer Pressure Factor In adolescence

Introduction

Role of Relationships in Self-Identity Formation

APA Dictionary has many citations for the term, identity, for e.g. “sense of identity, self-image, centering on issues of separation and individuation, and the feeling of being unique and alike”. Definition of identity mostly represents self-picture, it is psychological perception of one's as an individual. It demonstrates how and with what others identify one. Broadly speaking, identity is a tag ascribed to distinguish assimilated perception of self on a variety of proportions e.g. personal societal etc. Subsequently; sexual category, oldness, race, professions, groups, social class, ethnic background, country, or provincial territory distinguishes and claims identities.

The attainment of self-identity is the basic goal of adolescence period (Erikson, 1968). Exploration of self-identity is interior procedure. This crucial and complex and needs support and cooperation of individual and family relations. Family relations deeply impact identity search process of an individual. This procedure relies on positive of negative response of family relations towards personality of improvement. The extent to which family allows an individual to autonomy and the extent to which one becomes autonomous without sacrificing family's support and cooperation is the dynamic interplay self and family interplay in search of identity (Newman & Murray, 1983).

To support and assure the development of members of the family is the main role of family. To achieve the goal, it is important to be flexible for renegotiating family principles and roles agreeing to the necessity of the member (Carter &McGoldrick, 1980). The process of self-identity can become complicate if the rules are not flexible and fail to meet the demands of individual.

Psychosocial tuning of an individual depends on the structure of family (Minuchin& Fishman, 1981). Controlling and demanding families where adolescent's desire and need for autonomy is not fulfilled parents struggle to withhold control. In those families, reconstruction of relationships is prohibited ...