There has always been that one classmate (or group) at the top of the school social ladder, the one who decided what was cool, who was attractive, and who was worth knowing. Everyone below watched and ...

Why are adolescents so sensitive to their peers’ behaviour? And is this sensitivity necessarily negative, as the term peer pressure often implies? In his PhD dissertation, UvA behavioural scientist ...

What do you think of those mysterious and seemingly dreaded forces in our society - teenage peer groups and pressure? Do you conjure up nightmare images of gangs, drugs, sex and alcohol? If so, you ...

Best friends primarily shape a child’s internal emotional state and academic behavior, popular peers set the standard for public image and social media engagement. As children enter adolescence, peers ...

Being a leader of an organization propelling social and environmental change means engaging in difficult, often isolating work. Problems such as poverty, systemic racism, public health inequities and ...

When I was a child, one of the things that upset me the most was watching friends be mean to other kids—whether it was a classmate they didn’t like or someone who was just going about their day being ...