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Business English Report
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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1. Were you ever ( as an adolescent) influenced by peer pressure?
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
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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?
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
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Always oftenRarel
y Never24 24 17 3
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24
24
17
3
AlwaysoftenRarelyNever
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
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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
AlwaysoftenRarelyNever
10
11
21
26 AlwaysoftenRarelyNever
Always Often Rarely Never
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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
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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
AlwaysoftenRarelyNever
RarelyAlways Often Never
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19
31
11
7
AlwaysoftenRarelyNever
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
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6. Have your friends/group persuaded you to bring a constructive change in your life?
0
5
10
15
20
25
AlwaysoftenRarelyNever
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.
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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
AlwaysoftenRarelyNever
35
22
5
6
AlwaysoftenRarelyNever
RarelyAlways Often Never
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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
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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
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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?
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
11. Were you ever ( as an adolescent) influenced by peer pressure?
2. Do you give your own opinion in front of your friends even If you think that they might make fun of you?
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
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5. Do you listen to others or just do what you think is right?
6. Have your friends/group persuaded you to bring a constructive change in your life?
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
Always Often Rarely
Never
Always Often Rarely Never
Usually Often Rarely Never
Yes No May be Not sure
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