1. Peer Pressure By: Carly Bebernitz

2. What is peer pressure?

3. Definition of Peer Pressure Peer pressure is a specific instance of social influence, which typically produces conformity to a particular way of acting or thinking (Lashbrook, 2000, Review of Lit., para. 1).

4. Examples of Peer Pressured Activities Drinking alcohol Doing drugs Stealing Teasing others Having sex Dressing a certain way

5. Refusal Skills Five Steps:  Ask Questions  Name the Trouble  Identify the Consequences  Suggest an Alternative  Keep the Door Open

6. Refusal Skills These skills can be applied for saying no to negative peer pressure by using logical decision making to generate positive choices.

7. Refusal Skills Ask questions  Determine if it is a situation that will involve trouble.

8. Refusal Skills Name the trouble  Tell your friend the real or legal name of the trouble.

9. Refusal Skills Identify the consequences  Tell your friend what you will be risking.

10. Refusal Skills Suggest an alternative, then start to leave  Suggest something else to do that is fun.

11. Refusal Skills Keep the door open  Leave, and invite your friend to join you if he/she decides to come later.

12. Goals of Refusal Skills Keep friends Stay out of trouble Have fun

13. Alcohol Awareness PSA

14. Discussion Questions What Refusal Skill did the girl in the video use to resist the peer pressure to drink? What other Refusal Skills could she have used? And how?

15. Review “I don’t think we should steal that necklace because the store owner could call our parents or the cops.”

16. Identify the Consequences

17. “C’mon, why don’t we go play basketball instead of smoking pot?”

18. Suggest an Alternative

19. “If you want to stop by my house later you can.”

20. Keep the Door Open

21. “Where did you get that bottle of vodka?”

22. Ask Questions

23. “That’s cheating.”

24. Name the Trouble

25. References Brigman, G. & Goodman, B. (2001). Group counseling for school counselors (2nd edition). In Walch (Ed.). Refusal Skills (pp. 25-28). Portland, ME. W:\Peer Pressure Lesson.rtf Lashbrook, J. (2000). Fitting in: Exploring the emotional dimension of adolescent peer pressure [Electronic version]. Adolescence, 35, pp. 747-757.