What are the Positive Effects of Peer Pressure?
Peer pressure is one of the biggest factors in life that can compel people to do certain things. However, even though it has a very bad reputation as a negative thing in life, it can provide a positive drive and be used as motivation for certain things. In this article I will talk about the mental health effects and how it can affect the everyday life of someone positively.
How Does Peer Pressure Affect Teens' Mental Health Positively?
How someone can receive peer pressure is fully up to how you pressure them and how they see you as a person. People can influence other people in good ways, for instance, a positive peer pressure relationship can increase someone’s self esteem and feel better about their self worth. If one surrounds themselves with positive peers and people that will support healthy life choices and the fostering of healthy habits can be a major factor in someone’s life and overall mental health. Healthy peer pressure situation can help people to grow the self confidence to grow a voice, communication is key in so many cases and can even help prevent the fostering of an unhealthy peer pressure relationship with someone. Having healthy peer relationships can provide a base and a foundation to help someone if ever in a bad situation, having people to catch their fall and help them get back up and keep going.
How can Positive Peer Pressure Affect Everyday Life?
When peer pressure can be used as a motivation to develop good habits and help excel in everyday life it can prove very beneficial. Encouragement and support from a peer can help someone break out of a shell of isolation and engage in more activities that can be very beneficial to our well being. A very common example of positive peer pressure encouraging healthy habits that can be beneficial to life now and life in the future is encouraging better performance in academics and keeping that mindset for future use. Helping communicate to people and build good relationships is an example of how it can help someone’s social skills. Study groups, gym groups, etc. are good examples of positive peer pressure to help one's life choices and habits to improve upon one’s self. Positive peer pressure can even reverse negative peer pressure. An example is when peers pressure someone into escaping something that harms their body such as substance abuse and other forms of the sort. Even things as simple as the setting of goals can be carried throughout someone’s life and even impact the way they will do and approach certain situations and even be able to motivate themselves throughout their life. Things like joining extracurricular clubs, avoiding or escaping drugs and alcohol, working to get money for the future, making good changes to their mindset for a career, and challenging or putting a stop to gossip that may harm others.
Written by: Ariya