The teen years are no picnic — for your child or for you as a parent. There are hormones, school pressure and mood swings — and perhaps the largest looming of them all: Peer pressure. Will your ...

A mathematician has calculated how peer pressure influences society. A mathematician has calculated how peer pressure influences society. Professor Ernesto Estrada, of the University of Strathclyde's ...

Economist Robert Frank studies peer pressure and how its power can be leveraged for good. In his new book, “Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work,” Frank explains the idea of “behavioral ...

Neil Bernstein, a clinical psychologist writes about how to understand peer pressure, sex and talk to teenagers about it. You can read an excerpt from his book, "How to Keep Your Teenagers Out of ...

The recent controversy surrounding bullying at Cedar Creek School has served to illustrate the dark side of peer pressure, and left many parents wondering what they can do to help protect their own ...

Peer pressure is often painted as a teenage problem, but the truth is it follows us through different stages of life. From deciding which stream to choose till where to take admission after school, to ...

When I was a child, one of the things that upset me the most was watching friends be mean to other kids—whether it was a classmate they didn’t like or someone who was just going about their day being ...

Peer pressure is a proven social motivator. Researchers probed this decidedly human attribute and found that not only is virtual pressure from a computer-simulated peer just as motivating as the real ...

Knowledge workers in the contemporary workplace are no strangers to stress and pressure. Leading experts acknowledge it, organizational leaders accept it, and even those same nerve-wracked, troubled, ...

Peer pressure to use alcohol and drugs can contribute to substance use disorders, potentially leading to addiction. Peer pressure can be both positive and negative, as in some cases, people may put ...

The antipsychotic drug Seroquel was approved by the FDA years ago to help people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other serious mental illnesses. But too frequently the drug is also given to ...

Trying to fit in at secondary school can sometimes be tough, and you may feel under pressure to change your behaviours or values just to fit in with others. This is known as peer pressure, and it's ...