The effect of peer pressure on value orientation of adolescents and young adults

Abstract

Peer pressure happens when a peer bunch applies immediate or circuitous strain to do certain actions. The term “peer” often alludes to individuals one knows, in actuality, and who have a comparative economic wellbeing to oneself. Anyway, peer pressure can likewise be applied by bigger culture. To study the effect of peer pressure on value orientation on adolescents and young adults the total sample of current research study is 150 in which 75 are adolescents and 75 are young adults with age ranging 17-22 years. The sample was collected from different schools/colleges of Delhi NCR. After taken the consent peer pressure and value orientation questionnaires were filled up by the candidates. This research reveals that the higher the effect of peer pressure on adolescents as compared to young adults. There is a significant difference among adolescents and young adult it also can be seen though the mean difference value orientation an adolescent is more as comparison to young adults. There is no huge connection between peer pressure and worth direction among youthful and youthful grown-ups. There is no effect of peer pressure and value orientation among adolescent and young adult this study shows that peer pressure predicts zero percent of variance and explaining value orientation among adolescent and young adults.