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Toward understanding the functions of peer influence: A summary and synthesis of recent empirical research.
- Source :
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Journal of Research on Adolescence (Wiley-Blackwell) . Dec2021, Vol. 31 Issue 4, p889-907. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Compelling evidence demonstrates that peer influence is a pervasive force during adolescence, one that shapes adaptive and maladaptive attitudes and behaviors. This literature review focuses on factors that make adolescence a period of special vulnerability to peer influence. Herein, we advance the Influence‐Compatibility Model, which integrates converging views about early adolescence as a period of increased conformity with evidence that peer influence functions to increase affiliate similarity. Together, these developmental forces smooth the establishment of friendships and integration into the peer group, promote interpersonal and intragroup compatibility, and eliminate differences that might result in social exclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PEER pressure
*EMPIRICAL research
*SOCIAL marginality
*PEERS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10508392
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Research on Adolescence (Wiley-Blackwell)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153791470
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12606