Measuring Peer Pressure, Popularity, and Conformity in Adolescent Boys and Girls: Predicting School Performance, Sexual Attitudes, and Substance Abuse
Darcy, A. Santor; Deanna Messervey; Vivek Kusumakar
Journal of Youth and Adolescence 29(2): 163-182
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0047-2891 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005152515264Document Number: 261009
Existing measures of peer pressure and conformity may not be suitable for screening large numbers of adolescents efficiently, and few studies have differentiated peer pressure from theoretically related constructs, such as conformity or wanting to be popular. We developed and validated short measures of peer pressure, peer conformity, and popularity in a sample (n = 148) of adolescent boys and girls in grades 11 to 13.