A teen girl worries about giving in to peer pressure, but also worries about being left behind by her friends if she doesn't. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) AP ...

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For teenage girls, ... Peer pressure is a powerful force in teenage social circles, and it can be difficult for teens to resist when all their friends are engaging in a particular behavior.

The peer group is one of the most important contexts for adolescent socialisation and learning, and peer pressure can lead some girls to get involved with violent boys, even if they don’t want to.

Even as peer pressure mounts in early adolescence, kids' brains are developing an ability to help fight the temptations of risky behaviour, novel new research reports. Over a three-year period, ...