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In which situations are adolescents most likely to conform to peers?

Around the eighth and ninth grades, conformity to peersespecially to their antisocial standardspeaks. Mitchell Prinstein and his colleagues have recently conducted research that revealed adolescents who are uncertain about their social identity, which can appear in the form of low self-esteem and high social anxiety, are most likely to conform to peers. This uncertainty often increases during times of transition, such as school and family transitions. Also, peers are more likely to conform when they are in the presence of someone they perceive to have higher status than they do.


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