Age Differences in Resistance to Peer Influence - PMC In the present study, age differences and developmental change in resistance to peer influence were assessed using a new self-report instrument that separates susceptibility to peer pressure from willingness to engage in antisocial activity
Susceptibility to prosocial and antisocial influence in adolescence We found that both prosocial and antisocial influence decreased with age between 11 and 18 years, with younger adolescents being more likely to report engaging in prosocial behaviours and less likely to engage in antisocial behaviours after seeing others’ ratings
Toward understanding the functions of peer influence: A summary and . . . 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
Susceptibility to peer influence in adolescents: Associations between . . . Although teens are typically more susceptible to peer influence than adults (Steinberg Monahan, 2007), some adolescents are more susceptible than others Müller and Minger (2013) reviewed 66 studies of factors predicting susceptibility to peer influence on antisocial behavior
Age differences in resistance to peer influence. - APA PsycNet In the present study, age differences and developmental change in resistance to peer influence were assessed using a new self-report instrument that separates susceptibility to peer pressure from willingness to engage in antisocial activity
The Teenage Brain - Dustin Albert, Jason Chein, Laurence Steinberg, 2013 We review recent research suggesting that adolescent risk-taking propensity derives in part from a maturational gap between early adolescent remodeling of the brain’s socioemotional reward system and a gradual, prolonged strengthening of the cognitive-control system
Early Puberty, Negative Peer Influence, and Problem Behaviors in . . . Early puberty and friends’ deviance may increase the risk of problem behavior in young adolescent girls Although many of these associations dissipate over time, early-maturing girls are at risk of persistently higher delinquency and stronger negative peer influences