When friends or acquaintances influence a person to do something that he or she would not normally consider doing otherwise.
Emotional or mental force from people belonging to the same social group (such as same age, grade, or status) to act or behave in a manner similar to themselves. Peer pressure has a great influence on adolescent behavior and reflects young people's desire to fit in and be accepted by others.
The influence that people of similar age or status place on others to encourage them to make certain decisions or behave in certain ways.
experienced pressure to think and act like one's friends; often associated with negative behavior.
is often used to explain why people, particularly young people, start using drugs. The idea is that young people will not really want to take drugs but that their friends and people around them will put pressure on them to do so by excluding them from their group, making fun of them etc.
Social pressure on somebody to act or dress a certain way in order to be accepted as part of a group.
urging by one's friends or social group to undertake a particular action
Peer pressure comprises a set of group dynamics whereby a group of people in which one feels comfortable may override the personal habits, individual moral inhibitions or idiosyncratic desires to impose a group norm of attitudes or behaviors.
Peer Pressure was an American television game show where youths performed stunts and answered questions about moral dilemmas. The show aired in syndication from 1997 to 2000, and was hosted by Nick Spano (Disney Channel Original Series Even Stevens) and Valarie Rae Miller.