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PEER PRESSURE NEWS

Tamannaah Bhatia says those in public eye are harshly judged, shares her way to cope: 'People can be extremely nasty'

April 03, 2025 10:20 am

"People say stuff about your character, and life choices," said Tamannaah Bhatia

The young girl’s world

September 22, 2024 7:23 pm

Today’s virtual life demands the opposite from girls, that they seek validation from their peers online. The psychological cost to viewing airbrushed lives is that we feel compelled to airbrush our own.

As Tom Hanks opens up about feeling 'never-ending pressure', find out how it affects you -- physically, emotionally, mentally

May 17, 2023 8:56 am

As Tom Hanks opens up about facing "never-ending pressure of making movies", let's understand how we may be prone to pressure emotionally, physically, and mentally and what can be done to manage it

How to help kids deal with peer pressure

May 31, 2022 1:34 pm

National Mental Health Awareness month: A young person’s academic performance, educational choices and career, concentration levels, and overall personality and behaviour might alter due to peer pressure.

‘Sticking together’ in class comes with conditions

August 19, 2015 12:28 am

The new study suggests that peer pressure can also influence other kinds of decisions, such as those on education.

Here's why we take bad decisions in life

December 17, 2014 6:15 pm

A natural desire to try and replicate what our neighbours or friends are doing could be behind the bad decisions that we end up taking.

Peer pressure is weaker for teens to quit smoking

June 13, 2014 4:06 pm

Adolescents tend to be more powerful in influencing their friends to start smoking than in helping them to quit, a new study has found.

Being argumentative is good for teenagers: Study

June 22, 2012 9:37 am

Cope better with peer pressure and are less likely to turn to drug abuse or alcohol.

Alcohol abuse triggers social stress and poor grades among teenagers

June 14, 2012 10:20 am

When not surrounded by fellow drinkers,teenagers are likely to feel like social outcasts: study

Men who are 'mamma's boys' may have better relationships: study

March 23, 2012 11:15 am

Study said old stereotype that these men are weak and more likely to be gay is not true.

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