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Title: Peer Pressure and Refusal Skills


1
Peer Pressure and Refusal Skills
  • Chapter 17

2
Influences on Decisions
  • Internal Pressures
  • Come from within you
  • Result of expectations that you set for yourself
  • External Pressures
  • Media
  • Family
  • Peers

3
Positive Peer Pressure
  • Encouraging
  • Develop new skills
  • Involved in worthwhile activities
  • Confidence building

4
Negative Peer Pressure
  • Influences you to do something thats not in your
    best interest
  • Conflicts with your values
  • Pushes some teens into joining gangs,
    shoplifting, driving recklessly, or becoming
    involved in a sexual relationship

5
Facing the Consequences
  • Emotional
  • Physical
  • Social
  • Educational
  • Legal
  • Consequences for others

6
Know Yourself
  • Strong value system
  • Confidence in your own judgment
  • High self-esteem
  • Clear priorities

7
Practice Assertiveness
  • Confidence allows you to be assertive
  • State positions firmly
  • Respectful

8
Using Refusal Skills
  • Techniques for resisting negative peer pressure
  • Plan ahead
  • Take your time
  • Say what you mean
  • Make eye contact, etc.

9
Skills for Life
  • Encountering in the workplace
  • Personal life
  • Community
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