A Correlational Analysis of the Relationship between Perceived Peer Pressure and Decision Making in Adolescents

Trisita Bhattacharyya¹, Debasmita Roy¹, Sunetra Chatterjee¹, Sharwat A. Querashi¹ and Tinni Dutta²*

Abstract

Adolescence is a stage of human development during which individuals are known to crave independence from authority figures and demonstrate an inclination to take their own decisions and solve their own problems. Since, research has shown that adolescents spend twice as much time with their peers than they do with their parents or other adults; we anticipated that a relationship is present between the peer pressure experienced by adolescents and their emerging decision making styles. Thus, this study was conducted, to explore the correlation between the decision making styles and perceived peer pressure of adolescents using a sample of 30 adolescents (17 males, 13 females), with ages varying from 14 to 17 years (m = 16.43). Data was collected using the ‘Adolescent Decision Making Questionnaire’, the ‘Perceived Peer Pressure Scale’ and a personal information form. It was observed that a significant positive correlation exists between the perceived peer pressure scores and the scores for panic, evasiveness and complacency patterns of decision making; implying that greater the peer pressure on a decision maker, greater is their inclination to resort to panic, evasive and complacent decision making styles.

Keywords

perceived peer pressure; decision making style; adolescents; panic; evasiveness; complacency

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Bhattacharyya, T., Roy, D., Chatterjee, S., Querashi, S. A. and Dutta, T. (2020). A Correlational Analysis of the Relationship between Perceived Peer Pressure and Decision Making in Adolescents. International Journal of Scientific Advances (IJSCIA), Volume 1| Issue 3: Nov-Dec 2020, Pages 181-186, URL: https://www.ijscia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Volume1-Issue3-Nov-Dec-No.31-181-186.pdf

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Volume 1 | Issue 3: Nov-Dec 2020