The Peer Effect: How Your Peers Shape Who You Are and Who You Will Become

by Margaret M. Chin and Syed Ali

Book Overview

How the power of peers and peer culture shapes individual behavior and future success

For decades, parents across America have asked their kids, "If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?" The answer is, "Duh, yes." Peers, as parents well know, have a tremendous impact on who their kids are and what they will become. And even while they insist otherwise, parents know that they're largely powerless to change this. But the effect...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479805041
• ISBN13: 9781479805044
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"