peer pressure

Adolescents succumb to peer pressure and take part in behaviors considered to be at- risk. Speculate on reasons that peer pressure can lead an adolescent to participate in harmful behaviors. What can adults do to reduce the likelihood of adolescents succumbing to peer pressure and participating in these harmful behaviors? What is the responsibility of organizations (schools, churches) to reduce negative peer pressure?

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Adolescence is a stage in growth and development of an individual which takes place between childhood and adulthood (Johnson, and Malow-Iroff, 2008). It happens in the teenage period and is characterised with psychological and physical growth characteristics that results from secretion of hormone that influence secondary sexual characteristics in both boys and girls. In many cases, this is an experimental stage and is characterised with sexual discoveries among the youth. Most adolescents succumb…

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