Research shows low-cost, effective way for teenagers to run campaigns against bullying.
Jack O'SullivanOctober 2016
Articles on the influence of peers on children by some of the world’s top child and family researchers.
Pressure from peers is a particular factor during adolescence. How can adolescents be supported to avoid negative peer pressure, for example, pressure that leads to offending behaviour?
Targeting prevention efforts at the entire peer group supports expression of anti-bullying attitudes and makes it harder for bullying to carry on.
Dr Silja SaarentoDecember 2015
Teenage risk taking and the social influence of friends may reflect maturing of the adolescent brain
Differential rates of brain development, particularly in the prefrontal cortex, may help explain some behaviour among young people.
Professor Sarah-Jayne BlakemoreOctober 2014
