How does peer affect teenagers' behavior in school?

By manhin

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    A study investigated the social context of bullying behaviors in early adolescence. Participants were 558 students at a large middle school in the Midwest. Results revealed that only 19.5 percent of participants reported no bullying behavior in the month prior to the study.

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    This paper explores the relationships among adolescent leisure activities, peer behavior, and substance use. Peer group interaction may effect on adolescent deviant behavior depending on the type of leisure pattern adolescents engage in.

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    How a wide variety of diverse friendship group attributes affect changes in indicators of school performance, social behavior, and mental health. Peer attributes in the school domain affect individual school performance outcomes, while peer attributes in the social behavior domain affect individual social behavior.

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    It examined change in adolescents' perceptions of school climate (academic support, behavior management, teacher social support, and peer social support) and the effects on adolescent problem behaviors.

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    The relationship between levels of peer pressure and self-efficacy expectations among adolescents was examined. It was examined from 546 high school students using the Self-efficacy Expectation Scale.

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    The relationship between adolescents' self-esteem and peer pressure degrees according to their gender and socioeconomic status. It shows that there's a negative correlation between their status of being exposed to direct or indirect peer pressure. Adolescents with direct peer pressure perceive that indirect pressure is less than the others.