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    The impact of peer pressure on self esteem
    (UMT.Lahore, 2016) Sara Imtiaz
    This study was based on survey research. It consists of 100 participants (50 women, 50 men) selected from UMT university by convenient sampling. These participants were attending undergraduate programs and their age ranged was between 19-26. Data was collected through questionnaires. Three questionnaires, Peer Pressure Inventory (Brown, Clasen, & Eicher, 1986; Clasen & Brown, 1985), Body Esteem Scale (Fronzoi & Sheilds, 1984) and Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) were used in this research. The objectives of the study were to know the relationship between peer pressure, body-esteem, self-esteem as well as GPA and also to discover gender difference between peer pressure, self-esteem and body-esteem. The main objective was to find impact of peer pressure on body-esteem, self-esteem and GPA. Results revealed that women scored less on body-esteem and self-esteem than men as hypothesized. Secondly, degree of peer pressure was not significantly different on men and women. The first hypothesis showed a positive and significant correlation between body-esteem and self-esteem. Peer pressure was major variables of the study. However, hypothesis that students who are under high peer pressure would have low self-esteem, body-esteem and GPA could not be supported because the scale we used to measure peer pressure is more related to delinquent population. The results of the research were discussed and suggestions for further research were also mentioned. The implications of the study were discussed at end of research report. Key words: