Peer Group - Adolescents and Their Peer Groups

Adolescents and Their Peer Groups

Adolescence is a time period when one's peer group is unbelievably influential in one's development and growth, so influential in fact that adolescent peer groups have been the focus of various studies. Below is a discussion on a few key studies.

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