Young people are often influenced by others in the same age in their behaviour and situations. This is called "peer group pressure". Do the disadvantages outweigh the advantages?
People have always been influenced by many things around them. Peers and friends of the same age
group
are one of the key things who have a substantial influence on a person
's life
choices and decisions. This
particular influence is called "peer
pressure
" which can be very disadvantageous for a person
as it may lead to some very dangerous and life
threatening choices.
First
and foremost, as per scientific research, peer
pressure
is linked to one of the highest stress factors in a person
's day to day life
. This
pressure
from the friend often leads a person
to do things which they will think twice before doing under normal circumstances. For example
, in a friend circle of five one is a non-smoker there is a very good probability of him to start smoking due to peer
pressure
and get addicted to smoking for his whole life
.
While this
peer
pressure
is usually not addressed, although
it can change a person
's personality in a way that he starts to behave, dress and even speak like his peers. This
happens when a person
tries to be a part of the group
, but they don't accept him until he actually starts to look like him. For instance
, when I tried to be a part of the skateboarding group
, as they were also
from the same street, they were not very open to teach and mingle with me until I started to dress and act like them. This
eventually lead me to start drinking as they all were regular drinkers unlike me so in order for them to be my good friends I started to go to pubs and drinking regularly.
In conclusion, peer
pressure
usually is quite powerful, mostly negative, and it can cause a person
to change his lifestyle and personality in order to be accepted by people of the same age group
. I personally think that the disadvantages of peer
pressure
far outweigh the few advantages of it.Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Writing9 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
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