Our neighbors, friends, and loved ones are the first people we turn to for help, advice, even a cup of sugar sometimes. A new report from Generation180 finds they also play a key role in whether we ...

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 ...

Why Is Peer Pressure Still So Prevalent Today? | Forbes Video unavailable Syed Ali, author and professor of sociology, joins Ali Jackson-Jolley on "Forbes Talks" to discuss the societal impact of peer ...

Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner states in his book Changing Minds that by about age 10 a child’s peers rather than the parents assume primary importance in the child’s decisions about what to do, ...

Do primary school children influence the snack purchases of their peers? A study by the University of Bonn reveals that they do indeed. In the presence of friends or classmates, kids are more likely ...

Objectives Providing peer support can benefit youth peer support workers (peers)et by supporting self-determination, recovery and resilience to self-stigma. There is a need to clarify the role of the ...

In seventh grade, Nathan Maynard joined a gang, hoping it would give him the sense of belonging he lacked at home. But his new friends only led him to make poor decisions, and he was sent to the ...