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Influence Of Peer Group Pressure On Adolescents Smoking Habits
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CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
This research work aims at
critically examine influence of peer pressure on adolescents smoking
habits in some selected schools in Lagos state, Nigeria.
In young
people, youth peer pressure is one of the most frequently referred to
forms of peer pressure. It is particularly common because most youth
spend large amounts of time in fixed groups (schools and subgroups
within them) regardless of their opinion of those groups. In addition to
this, they may lack the maturity to handle pressure from ‘friends’.
Also,
young people are more willing to behave negatively towards those who
are not members of their own groups. However, youth peer pressure can
also have positive effects.
For example, if one is involved with a
group of people that are ambitious and working to succeed, one might
feel pressured to follow suit to avoid feeling excluded from the group.
Teenagers
feel like they need to be in the same group to be ‘cool’ or “inâ€.
Therefore, the youth would be pressured into improving themselves, thus,
having a better future. This is most commonly seen in youths that are
active in sports or other extracurricular activities where conformity
with one’s peer group is strongest.
1.1 Background to the study:
Peer
groups are a normal, necessary and healthy part of adolescent
development. As teenagers are struggling to develop a personal identity
and become less dependent on parents, peer groups provide the security
of a ‘’safety net’’. Peer groups provide an opportunity for teenagers to
interact with equals.
Their friends give teen’s companionship,
emotional support, and a sense of belonging. Peer information, and
practice social skills. Teens learn that they aren’t alone in feeling
scared and insecure, and that others have problems too.
Peer
relationships can be a powerful positive influence on the lives of
adolescents. Natural observations of adolescents indicate that most
adolescents discuss options with their friends before reaching a
consensus about what to do.
Rarely is one adolescent pressured to
conform to the rest of the group. Moreover, secondary school students in
several large samples reported that their friends discouraged drug and
alcohol use, delinquent activities, and other types of antisocial
behaviour more than they encourage them; they also claimed their friends
encouraged studying for school subjects more than they discouraged it.
Some
adolescents even display anticonformity, rejecting their peer’s
judgements, and making different decisions altogether. Friendships
inherently limit the use and effectiveness of coercive pressure because
they are relationships based on equality and mutual respect;
consequentially, decisions are made by negotiation, not domination.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study examines the influence of peer group pressure on adolescent smoking habits in some selected secondary schools in Ifako Ijaiye, Local Government area of Lagos State. Influence of peer group pressure on adolescent smoking habits has more than ever before being posing serious threat to adolescent health. As such, government, parents and the society have seen the need to find a lasting solution to curbing the menace of smoking among adolescents. The study has the followin ... Continue reading---
