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peer pressure. By Adam Courson. What is it. Social pressure exerted by a group or individual in a group on someone to adopt a particular type of behavior, dress, or attitude in order to feel like you belong in that group. Moves just like a doorknob just back n forth.
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peer pressure By Adam Courson
What is it • Social pressure exerted by a group or individual in a group on someone to adopt a particular type of behavior, dress, or attitude in order to feel like you belong in that group.
FACT :Did you know that- • Peer pressure is most common in students of impressionable age or adolescents, but can also be cited at later stages in life. • Children of impressionable age often fail to realize that they are getting into several habits and making several choices as a result of peer pressure alone. • Peer pressure is not always negative. There are negative
HOW MANY TIMES HAS IT HAPPEN TO YOU?? • The Adolescent Substance Abuse Knowledge Base reports that right around 30% of teens are offered drugs in middle school and high school.
WANT A PUFF?? 3.1 million teenagers smoke, according to the American Lung Association.
DRINKING • According to the National Household Survey on Drug Use and Health from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 74.3% of high school students have tried alcohol.
SEX • The Kaiser Foundation reports that about 50% of teenagers feel pressured with regard to sex in relationships
Let see we you stand • Have you ever had it happen to you?