Negative Effects Of Peer Pressure

Why do young adults believe that they need to follow the actions of other young adults to make them feel accepted in society? Because young adults have always had a difficult time learning how to fit into society, many young adults turn to other teens to make them feel popular or accepted. Unfortunately, peer pressure has become a huge factor in many young adult’s lives. Some teens tend to turn to drugs or alcohol because many of their friends are smoking or drinking also. In addition, peer pressure causes many teenagers to follow the wrong path, but it also impacted teenager’s lives in positive ways. For example, young adults experience peer pressure reflected in smoking, partying, and academic performance. The first effect that peer pressure

Partying has become a huge issue in young adults because many parties contain alcohol and drugs. First, teenagers may attend a party because all of their friends are attending the same party as well. The biggest problem with partying is that many parties include alcohol and drugs. Because of this, parties are a huge disadvantage to young adults who fall under peer pressure. According to Josephine M. Palmeri, “Peer pressure or the direct or indirect encouragement from one’s own age group to engage in activities that they may or may not want to engage in is a major factor in the development of risk-taking behaviors.” (Palmeri, pg. 1) In addition, many of these young adults will see all of their friends drinking or doing drugs and think that they need to do it themselves. Unfortunately, there are rarely any parties that do not involve drinking or drugs. Consequently, easily influenced teens may not realize that the party they are attending involves alcohol or drugs, but when they are exposed to this environment, they begin to fall under peer pressure. In addition, today’s youth focuses solely on partying. When a popular teenager hosts a party, young adults feel as if they should make an appearance. Moreover, when a huge group of teenagers group together, they lose the ability to think for themselves. For example, a young, easily influenced teenager may see an older, popular teenager drinking or doing drugs and