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The Pressure Is Off—Or So It Seems (1905–8)

… in the Huber home in June 1907? Were the girls bending to peer pressure (which is easy to imagine in the case of young …

Sexual Purity

… family. We used a structural equation model that included peer, family, and religious factors to test how these factors … premarital sexual behavior. The Influence of Friends Peer pressure is the most significant predictor of delinquency, …

Family, Religion, and Delinquency among LDS Youth

… study conclude that youth who most successfully resist peer pressure to engage in delinquent behavior come from homes …

Delinquency

… participate in delinquent behaviors. Acceptance among peers becomes paramount during this time, and teens will do … effects of religion on delinquency within the context of peer influences, family characteristics, school experiences, … who participated in a drug abuse prevention program. Peer pressure was a significant contributor to alcohol use among …

Does Religion Matter?

… that religion in Utah is actually a unique social pressure and thus is not a fair test of the influence of … in the lives of this age-group, exposes youth to powerful peer pressures. Many teens are pressured by peers to drink …

Religiosity and Delinquency among LDS Adolescents

… ecologies. In addition, a multivariate model allowed peer, family, and religious factors to compete to explain … to delinquency in comparison to (a) example and pressure from friends, and (b) family characteristics. …

Spirituality and Self-Worth: The Role of Religion in Shaping Teens’ Self-Image

… think but largely what they do and how they respond to peer pressures to use drugs, experiment with sex, and so on. … forced you to engage in sexual activities with them?” Peer pressure was tapped by asking whether their friends pressured

“Seek Learning, Even by Study and Also by Faith”: The Relationship between Personal Religiosity and Academic Achievement among Latter-day Saint High-School Students

… in a more real-life situation, we added to the model peer pressures to engage in behavior counterproductive to … degree to which the Latter-day Saint youth experience peer pressure to engage in inappropriate activities. Also examined …

Education

… spend more time doing homework than do their national peers. The difference appears among both the young men and … other factors are ignored. Obviously other factors such as peer pressure and the fathers’ education are important, but it is …

Self-Esteem

… and what they are. Extensive research has established that peer pressure has enormous influence during adolescence. The high …