peer pressure (or social pressure) is the direct influence on people by peers, or the effect on an individual who gets encouraged to follow their peers by changing their attitudes, values or behaviors to conform to those of the influencing group or individual. This can result in either a positive or negative effect.
peer
a person who is the same age or has the same social position or the
same abilities as other people in a group:
Do
you think it's true that teenage girls are less self-confident than
their male peers?
C1_Photocopies from 16th January
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