Peer pressure is a proven social motivator. Researchers probed this decidedly human attribute and found that not only is virtual pressure from a computer-simulated peer just as motivating as the real ...

Neil Bernstein, a clinical psychologist writes about how to understand peer pressure, sex and talk to teenagers about it. You can read an excerpt from his book, "How to Keep Your Teenagers Out of ...

Trying to fit in at secondary school can sometimes be tough, and you may feel under pressure to change your behaviours or values just to fit in with others. This is known as peer pressure, and it's ...

Peer pressure is feeling like you have to do something just because other people want or expect you to do it and if you are being peer pressured into doing something you don't want to do, it can feel ...