News tagged with peer pressure
US drivers see texting risks but still do it: survey
Most young US drivers believe that texting and phone use at the wheel is dangerous, but many do it anyway, a survey showed Tuesday.
May 08, 2012 |
5 / 5 (1) |
1
Peer pressure builds more latrines than financial assistance
Government subsidies persuade some people to change habits, but social shame works even better, suggests a recent study of efforts to reduce elevated childhood death and disease rates blamed on the microbial pathogens that ...
Sep 30, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
1
In certain jobs supervisor support can reduce absenteeism
A supportive supervisor can keep employees in certain hazardous jobs from being absent even when co-workers think it's all right to miss work, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
In adolescence, the power to resist blooms in the brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just when children are faced with intensifying peer pressure to misbehave, regions of the brain are actually blossoming in a way that heighten the ability to resist risky behavior, report ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2011 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
0
63 percent under 30 admit driving while on phone
(AP) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation and Consumer Reports magazine have released a poll that illustrates how widespread distracted driving is among young people and a plan to help fight it.
Mar 07, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Complexity of teen drinking cultures decoded
Many factors lead teens to abuse alcohol, but culture plays the biggest role. That is the finding of researchers at George Mason University who recently completed a study of adolescent drinking in the United States. The ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
Study: Malpractice worries help drive health costs
(AP) -- A substantial number of heart doctors - about one in four - say they order medical tests that might not be needed out of fear of getting sued, according to a new study.
Apr 13, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
Banking on benefits
People make the decision to use internet banking either because they recognize the benefits or because of peer pressure but rarely because of perceived prestige or celebrity endorsement, a study published in the International Jo ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
Peer pressure plays major role in environmental behavior
(PhysOrg.com) -- People are more likely to enroll in conservation programs if their neighbors do -- a tendency that should be exploited when it comes to protecting the environment, according to results of ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2009 |
4.4 / 5 (7) |
1
Parents important for keeping adolescents off alcohol
Parents who are both present and engaged are the very best way of preventing teenagers from consuming large quantities of alcohol. Adolescents who smoke, stay out with their friends and have access to alcohol - from their ...
Mar 07, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Children of women who smoked during pregnancy at increased risk of becoming smokers: study
New research has revealed that prenatal exposure to nicotine increases the vulnerability to nicotine self-administration in adolescent mice. The results support the hypothesis that adolescents with prenatal nicotine exposure ...
Mar 21, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Run! It's the student council president
In most movies about high school, the student council president, the so-called "band geek" or the kid who stays after school for math club often fall victim to the teasing and bullying of the popular students or "jocks."
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2009 |
2.7 / 5 (3) |
0
