Developmental Psychology
 2007
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.6.1531
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Age differences in resistance to peer influence.

Laurence Steinberg
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Kathryn C. Monahan
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Abstract: Prior research describes the development of susceptibility to peer pressure in adolescence as following an inverted U-shaped curve, increasing during early adolescence, peaking around age 14, and declining thereafter. This pattern, however, is derived mainly from studies that specifically examined peer pressure to engage in antisocial behavior. In the present study, age differences and developmental change in resistance to peer influence were assessed using a new self-report instrument that separates susceptib… Show more

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“…Results show that peer prejudice affects individual-level prejudice over time, demonstrating adolescents' susceptibility to social influence. While previous research finds that resistance to peer pressure increases between 14 and 18 years of age (Steinberg and Monahan 2007), our results indicate that susceptibility to social influence does not disappear. This coefficient is 0.30 and, on a four-point scale, translates into a fairly large effect.…”
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confidence: 99%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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“…Results show that peer prejudice affects individual-level prejudice over time, demonstrating adolescents' susceptibility to social influence. While previous research finds that resistance to peer pressure increases between 14 and 18 years of age (Steinberg and Monahan 2007), our results indicate that susceptibility to social influence does not disappear. This coefficient is 0.30 and, on a four-point scale, translates into a fairly large effect.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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“…Contrary to prior literature (Steinberg & Monahan, 2007) and what was initially hypothesized earlier in the study, peer conformity did not show a positive relationship with youth theft behavior. One explanation for this finding may relate to the nature of theft behavior.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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“…African American boys were particularly likely to succumb to social pressure regarding sexual behavior. This contrasts prior work on self-reported resistance to peer influence 11 and research on susceptibility to peer norms regarding alcohol use, both of which had demonstrated that African American adolescents were less susceptible than Caucasian youth. 21,22 These findings suggest that different peer socialization processes may be at play for substance use versus sexual activity among African American boys.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 98%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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