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Peer Pressure. By: Carly Bebernitz. What is peer pressure?. Definition of Peer Pressure. Peer pressure is a specific instance of social influence, which typically produces conformity to a particular way of acting or thinking (Lashbrook, 2000, Review of Lit., para. 1).
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Peer Pressure By: Carly Bebernitz
Definition of Peer Pressure • Peer pressure is a specific instance of social influence, which typically produces conformity to a particular way of acting or thinking (Lashbrook, 2000, Review of Lit., para. 1).
Examples of Peer Pressured Activities • Drinking alcohol • Doing drugs • Stealing • Teasing others • Having sex • Dressing a certain way
Refusal Skills • Five Steps: • Ask Questions • Name the Trouble • Identify the Consequences • Suggest an Alternative • Keep the Door Open
Refusal Skills These skills can be applied for saying no to negative peer pressure by using logical decision making to generate positive choices.
Refusal Skills • Ask questions • Determine if it is a situation that will involve trouble.
Refusal Skills • Name the trouble • Tell your friend the real or legal name of the trouble.
Refusal Skills • Identify the consequences • Tell your friend what you will be risking.
Refusal Skills • Suggest an alternative, then start to leave • Suggest something else to do that is fun.
Refusal Skills • Keep the door open • Leave, and invite your friend to join you if he/she decides to come later.
Goals of Refusal Skills • Keep friends • Stay out of trouble • Have fun
Discussion Questions • What Refusal Skill did the girl in the video use to resist the peer pressure to drink? • What other Refusal Skills could she have used? And how?
Review • “I don’t think we should steal that necklace because the store owner could call our parents or the cops.”
“C’mon, why don’t we go play basketball instead of smoking pot?”
References • Brigman, G. & Goodman, B. (2001). Group counseling for school counselors (2nd edition). In Walch (Ed.). Refusal Skills (pp. 25-28). Portland, ME. W:\Peer Pressure Lesson.rtf • Lashbrook, J. (2000). Fitting in: Exploring the emotional dimension of adolescent peer pressure [Electronic version]. Adolescence, 35, pp. 747-757.