caa a22 4500 475739426 CHVBK 20180406123455.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005152515264 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005152515264 Measuring Peer Pressure, Popularity, and Conformity in Adolescent Boys and Girls: Predicting School Performance, Sexual Attitudes, and Substance Abuse [Elektronische Daten] [Darcy Santor, Deanna Messervey, Vivek Kusumakar] Existing measures of peer pressure and conformity may not be suitable for screening large numbers of adolescents efficiently, and few studies have differentiated peer pressure from theoretically related constructs, such as conformity or wanting to be popular. We developed and validated short measures of peer pressure, peer conformity, and popularity in a sample (n = 148) of adolescent boys and girls in grades 11 to 13. Results showed that all measures constructed for the study were internally consistent. Although all measures of peer pressure, conformity, and popularity were intercorrelated, peer pressure and peer conformity were stronger predictors of risk behaviors than measures assessing popularity, general conformity, or dysphoria. Despite a simplified scoring format, peer conformity vignettes were equal to if not better than the peer pressure measures in predicting risk behavior. Findings suggest that peer pressure and peer conformity are potentially greater risk factors than a need to be popular, and that both peer pressure and peer conformity can be measured with short scales suitable for large-scale testing. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2000 Santor Darcy Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada aut Messervey Deanna Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada aut Kusumakar Vivek Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada aut Journal of Youth and Adolescence Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 29/2(2000-04-01), 163-182 0047-2891 29:2<163 2000 29 10964 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005152515264 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005152515264 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Santor Darcy Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Messervey Deanna Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kusumakar Vivek Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Youth and Adolescence Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 29/2(2000-04-01), 163-182 0047-2891 29:2<163 2000 29 10964 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer