Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Suresh Kumar ¹, Rakesh Kumar Behmani ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology Govt. College of Girls, Sec -11, Chandigarh, IN
2 Department of Applied Psychology G J. University of Science and Technology, Hisar, IN

Abstract

Adolescence is a time of change in life and peer pressure hopelessness and negative automatic thoughts can emerge in this age among females because their life is changing rapidly at this time of life. This study is an attempt to study all these variables among late adolescent females. Results shows that urban late adolescent females perceive more peer pressure and they have more negative automatic thoughts. Further peer pressure and hopelessness are significantly correlated and while on the other side peer pressure is significantly correlated with automatic thoughts.

Keywords

Hopelessness, Peer Pressure, Automatic Thoughts, Adolescent Females.

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Suresh Kumar ¹, Rakesh Kumar Behmani ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Govt. College of Girls, Sec-11, Chandigarh, IN
2 Department of Applied Psychology, G J. University of Science and Technology, Hisar, IN

Abstract

Adolescence is a time of change in life and peer pressure is a main issue of discussion among different fraternities. Peer pressure refers to the influence exerted by a peer group in encouraging a person to change his or her attitudes values or behaviour in order to conform to group norms. 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 regardless of their opinion of those groups. In addition to this, they may lack the maturity to handle pressure from friends. Peer relationships can be a powerful positive or negative influence. Friends and other ideals of the same age are main source of peer pressure because they affect an adolescent's decision making a lot.

Keywords

Peer Pressure, Adolescents.

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Sunita ¹, Suresh Kumar ², Rakesh Kumar Behmani ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, IN
2 Govt, College of Girls, Sector-11, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

Adolescence is a sensitive period with many transitions experienced by teens. Many factors exert influence on an individual during adolescence; these influences may be psychological or physical in nature. Influence of (& influence on) perceptions of an adolescent play a crucial role in an individual's development. These perceptions may relate to their health, peers, or the level of control they feel they have on their lives. This research investigates the perceptions of adolescents on health locus of control, peer pressure, and cognitive triad. The purpose of the present research was to study the correlations between cognitive triad, health locus of control and peer pressure among late adolescents. For this, the study includes a sample of 200 college going late adolescents with mean age of 18.165 years, of which 100 are males and 100 are females. Further, out of these 100 males and 100 females, 50 are from rural background and 50 are from urban background. The results shows that males are more dependent upon external factors and powerful others for their HLOC as do females, while females are more inclined towards internal factors than do males and adolescents belonging from rural area are more inclined upon internal and chance factors, while urban adolescents are more dependent upon powerful others for their HLOC. The results for peer pressure indicate that rural males perceive more peer pressure than urban males and urban females perceive more peer pressure than rural females. For cognitive triad the results show that females and rural adolescents, in comparison to males and urban adolescents, respectively, have more distorted thoughts about the self, the world, and the future.

Keywords

Locus of Control, Peer Pressure, Cognitive Triad, among Adolescents.

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