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About the different types of peer pressure

SPOKEN
PEER 
PRESSURE

SPOKEN

One individual or a group verbally asking another individual to participate in some type of behavior. In a group setting, the pressure felt is much stronger as there is power in numbers. (Saxena,2023)

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UNSPOKEN

An individual being exposed to certain behaviors, trends, or choices of others and feeling a pressure to conform. (Saxena,2023)

UNSPOKEN
PEER 
PRESSURE

DIRECT
PEER 
PRESSURE

DIRECT

Very specific to behavior-based conformity and can be spoken or unspoken. Direct peer pressure can often feel heightened because of our own discomfort of the environment we’re in at that time of experiencing direct peer pressure. (Saxena,2023)

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INDIRECT

Less invasive on our internal voice to behave a certain way, however, it can validate a behavior or activity we want to try but haven’t tried yet. It can be unspoken but also influence how we feel about ourselves. (Saxena,2023)

INDIRECT
PEER 
PRESSURE

POSITIVE
PEER 
PRESSURE

POSITIVE

Positive peer pressure refers to when someone's peers influence them to do something positive or growth building. (Hartney, 2022)

NEGATIVE

Negative peer pressure is the influence a person faces to do something they wouldn't normally do or don't want to do as a way of fitting in with a social group. (Hartney, 2022)

NEGATIVE
PEER 
PRESSURE

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