PROBLEM OF

ADOLESCENCE
PEER PRESSURE
PEER PRESSURE
PEER PRESSURE AS THE INFLUENCES
FROM MEMBERS OF SAME GROUP.
IT ARISES FROM AN INDIVIDUAL ‘S
NEED TO HAVE THE APPROVAL AND
ACCEPTANCE OF HIS EQUALS.
PEER PRESSURE ARE 2 TYPES
1. POSITIVE PEER PRESSURE
WHEN THE SOCIAL INFLUENCES
EXERTED BY AGEMATES UP ON AN
INDIVIDUALS RESULTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF DESIRABLE ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR.
2. NEGATIVE PEER PRESSURE
WHEN THE SOCIAL INFLUENCES
EXERTED BY AGEMATES UP ON AN
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF DESIRABLE ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR
POSITIVE EFFECTS OF PEER
PRESSURE
IT HELPS TEENS TO DEVELOP HEALTHY FRIENDSHI’,SELF-
IDENTITY,SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-RELIANCE.
IT INFLUENCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
ADOLESCENCT’S MORAL VALUES AND SENSE OF JUSTICE.
 IT CAN MOBILIZE TEEN’S ENERGY,MOTIVE FOR
SUCCESS,AND ENCOURAGE THE TEEN TO CONFORM TO
HEALTHY BEHAVIOUR.
HELP TO DEVELOP GOOD HABITS LIKE READING
BOOKS,EXERCISING,JOINING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.
PEER PRESSURE GIVES EXPOSURE TO THE WORLD AND
CAN LEAD YOUNGSTERS TO MAKE RIGHT CHOICES IN
LIFE.
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF PEER
PRESSURE
CULTIVATION OF BAD HABITS LIKE
SMOKING,SHOPLIFTING,CUTTING CLASSES ETC
AFFILIATION TO POLITICAL EXTREMIST AND
COMMUNAL FANATIC GROUPS.
MAKING WRONG ACADEMIC AND CARRER
CHOICES.
IT LEAD TO LOSS OF INDIVIDUALITY AS TEEN
FOLLOW THE PEERS BLINDLY.
MEMBERSHIP IN ANTI-SOCIAL GANGS AND
INVOLVEMENT IN DELINQUENT ACTIVITIES.
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ARE WEAKEND.
STRATEGIES FOR COPING WITH
PEER PRESSURE
ENCOURAGE DIVERSE RELATIONSHIPS.
ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALITY AND
INDEPENDENCE.
ENCOURAGE FRIENDSHIPS WITH POSITIVE
ROLE MODELS.
NURTURE’S TEENS ABILITIES AND SELF-
ESTEEM.
ENCOURAGE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN SIGNIFICANT ADULTS AND TEENS.
ENCOURAGING INDEPENDENT THOUGHT AND
EXPRESSION.
Thank You