business english final report peer pressure.docx

RESEARCH REPORT (PEER PRESSUER)

Business English Report


Report

SUBMITTED TO:

Dr. Tanveer Anjum

GROUP MEMBERS: Signatures

Samreen Sabir (21570)

Junaid Naeem (21545)

Ushair Fareed (20988)

Tajdar hassan khan (20789)

DATE OF SUBMISSION


24-Dec-2012

Letter of Transmittal

December 24, 2012

Course Instructor – Business EnglishDear Madam:Dr.Tanveer AnjumIQRA University,Karachi.

Dear Madam:

We feel immense pleasure in presenting the final report on "The effects of peer pressure on youth". This report is the outcome of the conducted research which outline the results of "peer pressure"In this report peer pressure is defined with its different aspects. The discussion then focuses on the Impact of peer pressure on our youth. Furthermore the survey questions and the relative effects of peer pressure are discussed. The crux of our report is based upon the findings from the questionnaires we asked respondents to fill in. We have tried our level best to complete this report as in accordance with the desired requirements. Kindly accept it; we hope this report will prove to be satisfactory.

Yours Sincerely

Samreen Sabir (21570)

Junaid Naeem (21545)


Ushair Fareed

(20988) Tajdar hassan khan

(20789)

Acknowledgement

First of all, we would like to express our gratitude to IQRA

University for giving us an opportunity to pursue Masters in

our field of studies. We are heartily thankful to our teacher,

Dr. Tanveer anjum, whose encouragement, guidance and

support from the initial to the final level enabled us

understand the various steps involved in conducting a

research report.

Furthermore, we would like to thank all the students of

MBA/BBA of IQRA University for their kind cooperation and

efforts to assist us in every helpful way they can. We must


admit that this semester we had the best studying experience

and will always cherish this year of our academic life.

Table of Contents

Letter of Transmittal …………………………………………………4

Acknowledgement ……………………………………………………..5

Table of Contents ………………………………………………………..6

Table of Illustrator ……………………………………………………….8

Abstract …………………………………………………………………....9

Introduction

Peer pressure definition …………………………………………..10

Research Objective ……………………………………………………12

Literature Review …………………………………………………….13


Problem Statement …………………………………………………………19

Hypothesis Development …………………………………………………19

Research Methodology

Sampling Design ………………………………………………………………..20

Variables ………………………………………………………………………...21

Data Collection ………………………………………………………………..21

Questionnaire ……………………………………………………….23

Discussion ……………………………………………………………….33

Conclusion & Recommendation

Conclusion ……………………………………………………………….36

Recommendation …………………………………………………...37

Appendix ……………………………………………………………….38


TABLE OF ILLUSTRATION

Age group & Gender ……………………………………………………………23

Q1. Were you ever ( as an adolescent) influenced by peer pressure?........................................................................................24

Q2. Do you give your own opinion in front of your friends even If you think that they might make fun of

you?.........25

Q3. Would you do things that you know are wrong just to stay in Your good friends’ good

book?...........................................26

Q4. Do you think people adopt bad habits from their friends? ...........................................................................................................27

Q5. Do you listen to others or just do what you think is right? ...........................................................................................................28

Q6. Have your friends/group persuaded you to bring a constructive change in your life? .......

……………………………..29


Q7. Does your group help you to enhance your positive attitude?..................................................................………………..

….30

Q8. Do you lie to your parents just because your friends asked you to do so?........................................

………………………..31

Q9. Is peer pressure a good thing? ...................……………….......32

abstract

Although most of the people assume that peer pressure is an

influential component of adolescent development but the present

study assessed how much pressure the peers can exerted in

various areas of youth life and how this pressure influenced

teenagers' attitudes, ways of life, and their behaviors. Our data

and report identified that peer pressure does exist among

teenager.

A commonly held view about peer pressure is that social pressure

from friends to use drugs and alcohol is a major contributor to

substance use, while the concept of peer pressure enables adults

to explain youths' troubling behaviors. peer pressure indicates

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that adoption of the behavior and appearance from peers is a

continuous effecting factor on personal and social life of youth.

Introduction

Peer relates to someone who is similar to you in age, grade, gender, or other traits. they could be our friends, classmates, cousins, people in the neighborhood etc. Peers influence our life, whether we know it or not, just by spending time with us. we learn from them and they learn from us. It is the pressure from one's peers to behave in a manner similar or acceptable to them.

Peer pressure is the influence of a social group on an individual and it is one of the most difficult aspects of growing up which is hard to resist easy to persuade

Not all peer pressure is easily noticed or defined. Body language, attitude and signals can all lead one to think he or she should dress or talk a certain way or be more rebellious towards teachers, parents and students that want to make the right choices.

Traits that are putting students at a higher risk of falling to peer

pressure

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Low self esteem

Lack of confidence

Uncertainty about ones place within a given peer group

No personal interests exclusive of one's peer group

Feeling isolated from peers and/or family

Lack of direction in life

Depression

Eating disorders

Poor academic abilities or performance

Dishonesty

Violence, gangs

Sexual immorality

Material possessions

Alcohol, tobacco, drugs

Disobedience, rebellion

Condoning sin and error

Whereas peer pressure can be further categorized into two different terms.

1. Spoken


It is also called direct pressure. It's when someone asks you directly to do something, or may ask things to you that push you toward a certain choice.

2. Unspoken

It is Also called indirect pressure. It's when nothing is said to you, but because you see others doing something you feel pressure to do the same thing.

Furthermore we will try to find the following objectives in our report;

Objectives

The objectives of carrying out this research can be listed out as follows:

1. To identify the effects of peer pressure on youth.

2. To identity the common myths about peer pressure.

3. To identify whether peer pressure is only a negative force or

it has some positive effects also.

4. To find up to which extent does peer pressure could effect

and what are the changes it could bring in people's lifestyle.


5. To identify basic reasons which leads to peer pressure.

LITRATURE RIVEW

Peer pressure, an inexorable situation everyone is confronted

with. It is a powerful mental force that influences everyone, but

tends to more strongly affect people in their teenage years. No

matter how popular one is, how well liked one may be or how

together one feel, sooner or later one will have to face peer

pressure because it is inevitable. Whether it is pressure to

conform to a group norm or pressure to act in a particular way

peer pressure is something everybody has to deal with at some

time in his life. How successfully one handles peer pressure

depends immensely on how one feels about oneself and one's

place in the world. Having said that, peer pressure can be both

good and bad depending on what they are being pressured to do.


Peers influence our life, even if we don't realize it, simply by

spending time with us. We can learn from them, and they can

learn from us. It's only human nature to listen and learn from other

people. But the major problem with peer pressure occurs when a

person gets sucked into something that he really didn't want to do

and subsequently, become addicted to it. Usually, people get

backed into a situation to try illegal drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes

and ultimately such behavior can become habit forming. Similarly,

the parameters of good and bad have been replaced by "what's

in" and "what's out". Peer pressure is nothing but the persistent

desire of people to be perceived as happening and cool in order

to belong to a particular group. The question a rises here that why

do people give in to peer pressure? Some kids give in to peer

pressure because they want to be liked, to fit in, or because they

worry that other children might make fun of them if they don't

go along with their group. Others might go along because they

are curious to know and to try something new that others are

doing. The idea that "everyone's doing it" can influence some

students to leave their better judgment, or their common sense,

behind. For parents who want to guide their children to deal with

peer pressure, the answer lies in straightforward and effectual

parenting. Always tell your child that he/she is a unique individual


and does not have to emulate his/her peer to feel accepted by

them. Peer pressure is something that children deal from the early

education and even continue facing the problem during

adulthood. Although the sternness of peer pressure might not

seem very grave in every situation, never take any sort of peer

pressure lightly. No matter what form it comes in, peer pressure

wears away the individuality and retards personal growth.

Some examples of Negative Peer Pressure Include:

Cheating during a test or in exams

Skipping class

Cutting someone out of the group

Fighting

Smoking cigarettes/ sheeshas

Stealing

Using alcohol or other drugs

Lying to parents about where you’re going

Vandalism


Gossiping and cliques

Trespassing

Prank phone calls

Sexual behavior

Copying homework

And many more! Most young people have at least one peer

pressure situation to deal with every day

It is to be noted that most of the people thinks that peer

pressure is something very negative or they thinks that peer

pressure has no positive aspects but in reality peer pressure

does have some positive effects which in general proves to

be a good side of peer pressure.

the following are the positives of peer pressure:

Pressure to get into College/university: Getting pressured to

get into college or university can have a positive effect. It can

further encourage us to figure out what we want to do with our


future, It can also encourage us to get our grades up and make

plan for ourselves.

Pressure to come in class on time: Getting pressured to

come in class on time can teach us lot of values. Such as

coming on time in the future for jobs and stuff.

Pressure to Join educational Activities: Being Pressured to

Join educational activities can be positive as It can teach us to

become more social by making more friends. Also a lot of

educational activities looks good on university academics.

Pressure in Following Rules & laws: Being Pressured to

follow the rules and laws is positive peer pressure because

Following the rules and laws can keep us out of trouble as It

also helps us keeping our mind focused on the positive things.

Pressure To Respect Others: Respecting others can get us

very far in life and this is a positive peer pressure because if we

respect others in return they will respect us. furthermore If we

have respect for others, People will have a positive view about

us.

Pressure to adopt exercise: This is another positive aspect

of peer pressure as if our group or friend can helps us

generating habit of doing exercise.


Pressure to perform prayers: Our peers could also helps us

in bringing a very positive change of doing prayers regularly

and participating in different religious activity.

Peer pressure also helps us in a positive manner as it provide

the following learning which could led to our character building:

A sense of belonging and feeling of getting valued from others.

Being accepted by the group therefore it could led to Increased

self-confidence.

A sense of being understood by others who are going through

the same with a scene of security as well.

experiences.

A secure area to test values and ideas.

It helps in move towards independence.

Getting along with others.

Provide ways to meet new people.

Friendships.

learning the concept of "to give and take".

Influence in making decisions about their own life.

literature summery


Though often times peer pressure is associated with negativity, it

can actually be a good thing.

Outside sources can be used to help us in making the right

decisions.

If someone is trying to get you to do something you don’t want to

do, don’t do it.

Use the decision making process before acting in a situation.


PROBLEM STATEMENT

"To which extent does peer pressure could effect and what are

the changes it could bring in people's lifestyle."

HYPOTHESIS DEVELOPMENT

H1: Higher levels of peer attachment will be linked to higher levels

of peer pressure over the time.


METHODOLOGY

Under the research design, the following titles will helps us

providing details about the study.

Sample Size and Design

variable

Data Collection

Sample Size and Design

A sample of 68 students was taken on the basis of convenience.

The actual students (MBA/BBA) were contacted on the basis of

random sampling.

Research Period:

Overall research work is only carried for 2 months.


Research Instrument:

Research work is carried out through self-administered

questionnaires. The questions included were offered multiple

choices.

Variable

Comparative method investigates relationship of an independent

variable on a dependent variable. To bring our research into

consideration we related the causes and effects of the problem

involved.

Data Collection

The data, which is collected for the purpose of research report, is

divided into following two bases:

Primary Source: The primary data comprises information survey

about “Peer pressure”. The data is collected directly from

respondent with the help of structured questionnaires.


Secondary Source: The secondary data was collected from

internet, consulted articles and references from Library.

Data Analysis:

The data is analyzed on the basis of suitable tables by using

mathematical techniques. The technique that which are used is

bar & pie technique.


QUESTIONNAIRES

The purpose of this questionnaire is to acquire help so that we

can gain a better understanding of our goals and objectives for

our research project. This question will help us to find out the

actual result of our research in which we try to find the effects of

peer pressure on youth. Our respondent were the actual students

of MBA/BBA with an average age of 23. The list of questions

placed within the Questionnaire is given below:

Gender? Male Female

Gender05

1015202530354045

MaleFemale

26

42

MaleFemale

Interpretation: The above result suggests that out of 68 respondents

we were encountered by 26 males and 42 females.


1. Were you ever ( as an adolescent) influenced by peer pressure?


0

5

10

15

20

25

30

YesNoMay beNo idea

27

14

24

3

YesNoMay beNo idea

Yes No May be No idea27 14 24 3


Interpretation: Out of 68 respondents, majority strongly agreed

that they were got influenced by peer pressure during their

adolescent age.

2. Do you give your own opinion in front of your friends even If you think that they might make fun of you?


0

5

10

15

20

25

AlwaysoftenRarelyNever

Always Often Rarely Never

Always oftenRarel

y Never24 24 17 3


24

24

17

3


Interpretation: As the above result suggests that majority of

students choose "Always" & "often" equally when they were

asked about giving their own opinion in front of their friends even

if they might make fun of them


3. Would you do things that you know are wrong just to stay in Your good friends’ good book?

3. Would you do things that you know are wrong just to stay in your good friends good book?

0

5

10

15

20

25

30


10

11

21

26 AlwaysoftenRarelyNever


Always oftenRarel

y Never10 11 21 26


Interpretation: Above data depicts that most of the students

refuse to do such things in order to remain in their friends' good

book.

4. Do you think people adopt bad habits from their friends?

4. Do you think people adopt bad habits from their friends?05

101520253035404550

YesNo May be No idea

Yes No May be No idea

Yes No May be No idea48 6 12 2


48

6

122

YesNo May be No idea

Interpretation: Above data reveals that majority of respondents

thinks that people adopt bad habits from their friends.

5. Do you listen to others or just do what you think is right?

5. Do you listen to others or just do what you think is right?0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35


RarelyAlways Often Never


19

31

11

7


Interpretation: Above result shows us that majority of the

respondents often does such things which they thinks that are

right without listening to others.

6. Have your friends/group persuaded you to bring a constructive change in your life?

Often RarelyAlways Never

Always oftenRarel

y Never19 31 11 7



0

5

10

15

20

25


17

24

13

14AlwaysoftenRarelyNever

Interpretation: From the above results, we conclude that

majority of the students think that their friends or group often

persuaded them in bringing a constructive change in their life.

Always often Rarely Never17 24 13 14


7. Does your group help you to enhance your positive attitude?

7. Does your group help you to enhance your positive attitude?0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35


35

22

5

6


RarelyAlways Often Never

Always oftenRarel

y Never35 22 5 6


Interpretation: Above results suggest that most of the students

thinks that their group always helps enhancing their positive

attitude.

8. Do you lie to your parents just because your friends asked you to do so?

8. Do you lie to your parents just because your friends asked you to do so?0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

UsuallyoftenRarelyNever

Often RarelyUsually Never

Usually often Rarely Never4 9 19 36


49

1936

UsuallyoftenRarelyNever

Interpretation: Above results tell us that respondents never lie to

their parents even when their friends asked them to do so.

9. Is peer pressure a good thing?

9. Is peer pressure a good thing?0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Yes NoMay beNot sure

May beNoYes Not sure


12

1727

12Yes NoMay beNot sure

Interpretation: From the above results, we conclude that

majority of the students think that, may be peer pressure is a

good thing.

DISCUSSION

After the analysis and the job of collecting information about our

related topic next is to go through that information and get a

conclusion. While having discussion few points were raised by

group partners, which were:

Is it positive or negative?

Yes No May be Not sure12 17 27 12


It can be said as positive because this pressure let you to work

hard.

It could be negative because it could be the cause of depression.

It can be a cause of adoption of bad habits like smoking, etc.

Moving forward while analyzing data conversation continued:

We come to know that females are having the problem of peer

pressure more than males because they are low at stress

management and get easily depressed. They think more

emotionally rather than thinking practical. On other hand the result

we received from males, they show totally opposite picture and

attitude. According to that males are more practical in thoughts

and decision making that’s why they easily go through all these

situations.

An argue took place where points were that females are more

involved in household matter while males has to work out that’s

why males are not arrested by peer pressure but after a long

conversation we agreed on a point that both are equally caught by

this problem because males are having large friends circles as

well as has equal contribution in house while females are totally

house hold ones but they have to take care of more relation like in

laws, etc.


Talking about friends and external environment, analysis shows

that a youth between age of 16 to 22 is 90 % influenced by peer

pressure and due to immaturity they are not able to recognize that

what is happening to them they start involving in different

activities like smoking, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc just

because their friends use to do that and unfortunately for that time

they feel good and feel like they will be valued by their friends.

This is actually a peer pressure which is pushing them to get

involved.

By considering the situation that if your opinion is

needed among friends but you knew that they will make fun of

you, so what will you do? Research shows that most of the people

will give their opinion and they don’t care about all fun so it can be

said that sometimes peer pressure can be a positive thing like in

situation it gave confidence.

Moreover people consider doing things which are right

according to them they neither listen to their friends or any other

surrounding person. Here once again peer pressure is defeated.

One negative effect which came out from above

discussion is that the one who is involved in any above activity he


often lies to their parents like if someone is involved in smoking g

he never tells his parents.

One positive effect which comes to our knowledge but is

nowadays rarely happens that friends often bring constructive

change to our life as well as some enhancement to positive

attitudes.

Discussion was ended some agreements that peer pressure is a

feeling of being bounded but have different effects on different

minds, sometimes its positive and sometimes negative depends

on the situation

conclusion

In life making friends is important, and so is socializing, but there

are ways to forge new ties and mix up with people without being

pressurized by the peers. Friends never make you lose

your identity, making friends is about appreciating the differences

and respecting individual tastes and still being


together. Therefore, remember that if someone asks you to

change yourself and be like them in order to be accepted, you are

better off without them. Be comfortable with who you are, and you

will soon make new friends and will be accepted by everyone.

The effects of peer pressure can be prevented by teaching a

students to be confident and comfortable in his/her own skin.

Recommendations

The following are the recommendations that we would like to give

after going through all our research and report work.

Parents should become the role model for their children so

that their children follow them rather following others.

Parents should have authority over their children.

Parents should Teach their Children to Recognize Negative

Peer Pressure


The best friend is one who guides his friend that what is

good and what is bad, therefore we should all try to become

a friend of such quality.

knowledge about peer pressure should be spread through

media, education, social network and specially by parents.

APPENDIX

Questionnaire

PEER PRESSURE

Please Note: -

Our activity adheres to the research report code of conduct, which ensures that your identity will be kept strictly confidential and will not be passed to a third party.

Gender Program: MBA BBA Age. Male Female



3. Would you do things that you know are wrong just to stay in your good friends good book?

4. Do you think people adopt bad habits from their friends?

Yes

No May be No idea

Always

Often Rarely Never

Always OftenRarely

Never


5. Do you listen to others or just do what you think is right?


7. Does your group help you to enhance your positive attitude?

8. Do you lie to your parents just because your friends asked you to do so?

9. Is peer pressure a good thing?

Yes No

May be No idea


Always Often Rarely

Never


Usually Often Rarely Never

Yes No May be Not sure

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