The Impact of Peer Pressure on Psychological Well-Being and Self-Esteem

Abstract

Peer pressure and its effect on the self-esteem and psychological well-being are complementary characteristics fundamental for the university life. The study also evaluated the association between peer pressure and psychological health, as well as the relationship between peer pressure and self-esteem. Ultimately, the study seeks to determine the relationship between psychological well-being and self-esteem.  The data was collected from 200 students of Abdul Wali Khan University students from both main and garden campus fitting to age group from 18-28 years using convenient sampling method. Participant were asked to complete the peer pressure scale (PP), Psychological Well-being Scale (PWS) by Carol D. Ryff (2007) and self-esteem scale (RSE ) to assess their effects on students. IBM SPSS version.26 was used for statistical analysis. The results showed an adverse association among peer pressure and student psychological well-being as well as among peer pressure and self-esteem. Moreover a significant positive relationship among self-esteem and psychological well-being was determined.