Title: Peer groups - children, therapy, adults, drug, people, skills, effect, women
Headings: Peer groups
Peer groups
Definition
Membership in peer groups
Aggression in peer groups
Influence of peer groups
Interventions
Risks
Resources
BOOKS
PERIODICALS
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Content: Gangs may be based on ethnicity, sex,  and/or common activity. Most youths who join gangs come from families  where drug and alcohol use, financial burdens, and broken relationships  are common. The need for affiliation or closeness is often greater than  the need to "do the right thing" for some adolescents who  feel isolated and abandoned by members of their own family. Being part of  a gang provides such individuals with acceptance and security not  available at home or in other peer groups. Membership in peer groups
Despite significant gains in diversity training, current studies continue  to show that children are less likely to accept those who are different  from themselves. The differences can be as obvious as physical  impairments, or as subtle as differences in academic motivation. These  rigid standards may create an atmosphere of exclusion for some children  and adolescents that pushes them toward peer acceptance of any type. Peer groups offer children and adults alike the opportunity to develop  various social skills, such as leadership, sharing or teamwork, and  empathy. Peer groups also offer the opportunity to experiment with new  roles and interactions, similar to treatment groups, although they are  less structured. It is for this reason that many children and adolescents  drift from one group to another as they "find themselves,"  or work toward formation of their relatively permanent identity.