Age differences in resistance to peer influence.

By Laurence Steinberg, Kathryn C. Monahan. Developmental Psychology, 2007

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology

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Digital Stress over the Life Span: The Effects of Communication Load and Internet Multitasking on Perceived Stress and Psychological Health Impairments in a German Probability Sample (2017, background): “The influence of social pressure on behavior is, thus, particularly pronounced for adolescents and young adults and decreases in adult life (Steinberg & Monahan, 2007).”
Forms and Functions of Aggression in Adolescent Friendship Selection and Influence: A Longitudinal Social Network Analysis: Aggression and Adolescent Friendships (2009, background): “Steinberg and Monahan (2007) also showed that susceptibility to peer influence follows an inverted U shape, with a peak around the age of 14.”
Juvenile Justice Policy and Practice: A Developmental Perspective (2015, background): “This is one reason why susceptibility to peer pressure declines as adolescents mature into adulthood; they are better able to put the brakes on an impulse aroused by friends (Steinberg and Monahan 2007).”
Transformations in adolescent peer networks (2011, background): “The influence of friends might wane in adulthood, because individuals’ ability to resist peer influence is stronger in (emerging) adulthood than in adolescence (Gardner & Steinberg, 2005; Steinberg & Monahan, 2007).”
Beyond Homophily: A Decade of Advances in Understanding Peer Influence Processes (2011, background): “…relevant and emotionally evocative stimuli, individuals who scored relatively higher on a self-report measure of resistance to peer influence (RPI; Steinberg & Monahan, 2007) exhibited a different pattern of neural activity compared with children who scored lower on this measure (i.e., children…”
A Social Neuroscience Perspective on Adolescent Risk-Taking. (2008, background): “…precisely what we have found in our own work, in which we show that gains in self-reported resistance to peer influence continue at least until 18 (Steinberg & Monahan, 2007), and that the actual impact of the presence of peers on risky behavior is still evident among college undergraduates…”
Ethnic and Racial Identity During Adolescence and Into Young Adulthood: An Integrated Conceptualization (2014, neutral): “Increased resistance to peer pressure beginning in middle adolescence (Steinberg & Monahan, 2007) and increased independence in decision making, however, may lead middle and older adolescents toward more exploration about their ethnicity, rather than relying solely on tacit agreement with parental…”
Sexting, Mobile Porn Use, and Peer Group Dynamics: Boys' and Girls' Self-Perceived Popularity, Need for Popularity, and Perceived Peer Pressure (2014, background): “28 M. Vanden Abeele et al.”
Emerging Findings from Research on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice (2012, background): “In this regard, it is important to note that substantial research evidence supports the conventional wisdom that teens are more oriented toward peers and responsive to peer influence than are adults (Steinberg & Monahan, 2007).”
Beyond Screen Time: Identity Development in the Digital Age (2020, background): “Across diverse ethnic groups and for both males and females, data show that resistance to peer influences increases linearly from 14 to 18 years of age (Steinberg & Monahan, 2007).”
Pursuing STEM Careers: Perspectives of Senior High School Students (2020, background): “The influence of the peer is much greater among adolescents than adults when it comes to decision making (Steinberg & Monahan, 2007).”