INTRODUCTION:
Peer pressure is the pressure of one peer group to the other peer group. Peers are the people
you interact with, e.g being a student, your peers are the ones you study with or your family.
Peer pressure is a serious issue as it can create drastic problems to one person and completely
ruin the life of that person. Peer pressures are of many kinds. It can be the pressure of parents,
the pressure of grades, jealousy, changing environment, favoritism and making fun of.
Studies have shown that teenagers usually face peer pressure as they have their interaction to
the environment more. Questionnaires were made and interviews of different students facing
peer pressures were taken. Results showed that almost most of the students were facing certain
pressures and have their lives disturbed. This is a serious problem and it should be removes from
this society. It can be done by adopting a little serious attitude and by counselling.
LITERATURE REVIEW:
Everyone need is to hear positive things about themselves, be recognized and valued by others.
It’s in their nature. When people hear negative things about themselves, they start adopting
those negativity considering it true. In other words that negativity becomes the truth of their
lives which is in fact not true. Peer pressure influences drastically to the person on the receiving
end. Peer pressure may be expressed or implied. In expressed peer pressure, an individual is
forces to adapt to the environment, culture or the norms. They are forced to change their
attitude, values and behavior. Implied peer pressure is more dangerous and is harder to deal
with. For example, a group of peers may make fun of how the other peer is dressed up. This can
lead the person to fall into depression. Research have shown that usually youngsters in their
teenage fall a prey to peer pressure. Teenagers usually want to do what they like and when they
don’t find that kind of environment, it kills them. They feel every bit of other person words which
leads them to ruin their lives. Some people due to the pressure of their parents, have indulged
themselves in activities which are un bearable in this society. Some of the youngsters are forced
to choose the field set by their parents and when they can’t study it, they become mentally
disturbed. This is nothing but to pressurize your own children to jump into the hell fire and they
are unable to say “I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations.”
Students universities also face peer pressure. Pressure due to grades, bullying, mocking,
favoritism etc. Some students cannot see the other student’s success or they don’t want the
other student to get good grades than him. Such students feel it real hard and due to this they
continuously lose their own caliber. Some people make fun of the one student in the class and
that one student face those harsh words. Even though he try to say something in return but he
couldn’t due to lack of courage. Such students who bear the pressure live a really hard life. The
outcomes of these pressures are drastic. Students may give up on their lives just because they
couldn’t face it. Some students couldn’t face the favoritism of teachers. Some teachers favor
selective students and the other ones, even though they put all their efforts, still they don’t get
