PeerPressureInventory

B.BradfordBrown DonnaRaeClasen
UnivofWIMadison UnivofWIWhitewater

HerearesomePAIRSofSTATEMENTSdescribing PEERPRESSURE whichiswhenyourfriends

encourageyoutodosomethingorto notdo somethingelse.Foreachpair,READbothstatementsand
decidewhetherfriendsmostlyencourageyoutodotheoneontheLEFTortheoneontheRIGHT.
Then,MARKANXinoneoftheboxesonthesidetowardthestatementyouchoose,dependingon
HOWMUCHyourfriendsencourageyoutodothat(ALittle,SomewhatorALot).Ifyou
thinktheresnopressurefromfriendstodoeitherstatement,markthemiddle(NoPressure)box.

Remember,mark justONEX foreachpairofstatements.

SOMEWHAT

SOMEWHAT
PRESSURE
HOWSTRONGisthe
LITTLE

LITTLE
pressurefromyourFRIENDS Orto:.........
LOT

LOT
NO
to:....

Studyhard,doyour NOTstudyordohomework
3 2 1 S38 1 2 3
homework,etc.

TakeDIFFERENTclassesthan TaketheSAMEclasses
3 2 1 C23 1 2 3
yourfriendstake thatyourfriendstake

Smokemarijuana 3 2 1 M59 1 2 3 NOTsmokemarijuana

Besocial,dothingswith NOTbesocial,do
3 2 1 P39 1 2 3
otherpeople thingsbyyourself

NOTtrytobetough, Trytobetough,
3 2 1 M42 1 2 3
stayoutoffights,etc. pickfights,etc.

Bepartofanycrowdat Trytogetintocertain
3 2 1 1 2 3
schoolthatyouwantto crowdsandnotothers

Trytodowhatyour Goagainstyourparents
3 2 1 F52 1 2 3
parentswantyoutodo wishes

Haveasteadyboyfriendor NOTjustgooutwith
3 2 1 1 2 3
girlfriend(oppositesex) oneguyorgirl

Drinkbeerorliquor NOTdrinkbeerorliquor
3 2 1 M65 1 2 3

NOTdomanythingswith DOlotsofthingswith
yourfamily 3 2 1 F41 1 2 3 yourfamily

NOTgotoschooldances Gotoschooldancesor
3 2 1 P21 1 2 3
ormixers mixers

Bepartofone(ormore) NOTbepartofanyof
3 2 1 C35 1 2 3
ofthecrowdsatschool thecrowdsatschool

NOThaveaparttimejob Haveaparttimejob
3 2 1 1 2 3

Gethomebythetimeyour Stayoutpastthecurfew
3 2 1 F47 1 2 3
parentssayyoushouldbe timeyourparentsset
 SOMEWHAT

SOMEWHAT
PRESSURE
HOWSTRONGisthe

LITTLE

LITTLE
pressurefromyourFRIENDS Orto:.........

LOT

LOT
to:....

NO
Excel,bereallygoodat
NOTbebetterthananyof
something(sports,grades, 3 2 1 1 2 3
yourfriendsatsomething
slammingbeers,whatever)

NOTgotoparties 3 2 1 P53 1 2 3 Gotoparties

Takeaccelerated(advanced NOTtakeaccelerated
3 2 1 S35 1 2 3
level)classes (advancedlevel)classes

TryNOTtobefriendswith Trytobefriendswith
3 2 1 C30 1 2 3
thepopularkids thepopularkids

WeartheSAMEtypesof Wearstylesofclothes
clothesyourfriendswear 3 2 1 C36 1 2 3 DIFFERENTthanyourfriends

Makeout(kissingor NOTmakeout(kissingor
petting) 3 2 1 1 2 3 petting)

Smokecigarettes NOTsmokecigarettes
3 2 1 M59 1 2 3

Trytolookoractolder Trytolookoractyour
thanyouare 3 2 1 1 2 3 ownage

Finishhighschool 3 2 1 S39 1 2 3 Dropoutofschool

Beinreligiousactivities(church, NOTgetinvolvedwith
3 2 1 1 2 3
YoungLife,etc.) religiousactivities

TalkoractDIFFERENTLY TalkoracttheSAME
3 2 1 C41 1 2 3
thanyourfriendsdo wayyourfriendsdo

Spendyourfreetimealone Spendyourfreetime
3 2 1 P34 1 2 3
orwithyourfamily withyourfriends

Getdrunkorgetabuzz NOTgetdrunk
3 2 1 M71 1 2 3

NOTshopliftorsteal Stealsomething(shoplift,
3 2 1 M50 1 2 3
anything raidalocker,etc.)

NottobeTOOmuchofa
Beassmartasyoucanbe
brain 3 2 1 S32 1 2 3

Gooutwithboys/girls NOTgooutwithboys/
(oppositesex) 3 2 1 P52 1 2 3 girls(oppositesex)

Belikedbyteachers 3 2 1 S46 1 2 3 NOTbelikedbyteachers

Wearyourhair(ormakeup) Wearyourhair(ormake
3 2 1 C43 1 2 3
DIFFERENTthanyourfriends up)likeyourfriendsdo

Gooutforasportsteam 3 2 1 1 2 3 NOTgooutforsports

Getbeerorliquorbefore NOTgetbeerorliquor
youre18 3 2 1 M67 1 2 3 untilyoure18
 SOMEWHAT

SOMEWHAT
PRESSURE
HOWSTRONGisthe

LITTLE

LITTLE
pressurefromyourFRIENDS Orto:.........

LOT

LOT
to:....

NO
Gooutonlywithsomeone
NOTaskyourfriendswho
3 2 1 C17 1 2 3 yourfriendssayisokay
youshouldgooutwith
todate
Talkbackorsmartoff
Showrespectforadults
toadults 3 2 1 F53 1 2 3

Gotothegamesatschool
3 2 1 P26 1 2 3 NOTgotoschoolgames
(football,basketball,etc.)

NOTcutclassesorskip Cutclassesorskip
3 2 1 S44 1 2 3
school school

3 2 1 P31 1 2 3 Gotoconcerts
NOTgotoconcerts

Ignorewhatyourparents Dowhatyourparents
tellyoutodo 3 2 1 F62 1 2 3 tellyoutodo
HavetheSAMEopinionabout
HaveDIFFERENTopinions
thingsasyourfriendsdo
3 2 1 C33 1 2 3 thanyourfriendsdo

Trytogetgoodgrades 3 2 1 S59 1 2 3 NOTtryforgoodgrades

Trashorvandalize
NOTtrashthingsorvandalize
3 2 1 M51 1 2 3 things(writeonwalls,
property
breakwindows,etc.)

Trytobethin 3 2 1 1 2 3 Trytobefat

NOTletyourparentsknow Tellyourparentswhere
whereyougo,whatyoudo 3 2 1 F50 1 2 3 yougoandwhatyoudo

Listentothemusic,groups Listentomusicandgroups
3 2 1 C36 1 2 3
yourfriendsthinkaregood thatnooneelselikes

NOTgoalltheway(not Havesexualintercourse
3 2 1 M52 1 2 3
havesexualintercourse) (goalltheway)

Getalongwellwithyour
3 2 1 F53 1 2 3 Hassleyourparents
parents

P47
Party(berowdy) NOTparty(notberowdy)
3 2 1 M52 1 2 3

Gooutwithfriendson
3 2 1 P61 1 2 3 Stayhomeonweekends
weekends

NOTdoanyharddrugs 3 2 1 M55 1 2 3 Doharddrugs

Dothingstoimpressmem TryNOTtoimpressmembers
bersoftheoppositesex 3 2 1 P46 1 2 3 oftheoppositesex

Giveteachersahardtime Benicetoteachers
3 2 1 S42 1 2 3
SCORING:

Eachitemisscoredfrom3to+3,withtheNoPressureoptionscoredaszero.Subscalescoresare
derivedbytakingthemeanofitemscores.

Inthe'NoPressure'boxabove,inplaceofthezeroscoreisaletterindicatingthesubscalewithwhich
theitemisassociated,andafigureindicatingthecorrecteditemtoscalecorrelation.Itemswith
nothinginthisboxarenotassociatedwithanyofthe5subscales.C=peerconformityF=family
involvementP=peerinvolvementS=schoolinvolvementM=misconduct.