Results and Discussion

5.1 Depending on yourself

Here are the answers to the first question “Do you allow yourself be manipulated by

others?”

R1 stated:

“No, because if I will let myself be controlled by others, it will ruin me and I will make a fool of

my self.”

R2, R3, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R10 said:

“No”

R4 stated:

“No, because if I let myself (be controlled), my life will be ruined.”

R9 stated:

“No, because I know what is good for me”

All of the respondents answered “no” to the first question. They said that they don’t want

to be controlled by others because they might lead them to the wrong path of their life. They also

said that they know what is good for them than anyone else.
5.2 Things people get pressured to do

Here are the answers to the second question “What is something that people often get

pressured into doing?”

R1 said:

“Nape-pressure ang tao sa gawaing hindi sila handa.”

R2 stated:

“Something that you do want to do that someone pushed you to. To be specific, for example, is

the peer pressure that often thought of as something that affect youth, especially the pressure of

trying to smoke or do bad habits.”

R3 said:

“Vices, sometimes you don’t wan to try it but you still do because of your friends.”

R4 said:

“Reports, loads of school works and outdoor activities.”

R5 said:

“School research, projects, jobs.”

R6 said:

“To join or not to join”

R7 said:

“Forcing one’s self into something that their friends like/do.”

R8 said:

“I became pressured when my friend encourages me to do something that I don’t do.”

R9 said:

“Doing documentary film and school works.”

R10 said:

“Maintaining grades”

The answers of the respondents are similar to each other. They said common things that

people get often pressured into doing. Their answers showed that people are often get pressured

in doing things they don’t usually do or they don’t really want to do, but still ended up doing it.

It’s because of the pressure from doing school projects like research paper, documentary film etc,

maintaining grades, and doing bad things like vices.

5.3 Here are the answers to the third question “Do you find it difficult to say no?”

R1, R2, R3, R6, R7 and R8 stated:

“No”

R4 said:

“Sometimes, kasi iniintindi ko rin and mararamdaman ng kausap ko.”

R5 said:

“Sometimes”
R9 said:

“Oo, dahil ayoko makasama ng damdamin.”

R10 said:

“It depends.”

6 out of 10 respondents answered “no” to the question. They just showed that they have

control in their selves and they don’t let anyone affect their decision in saying “no or not”. 3 out

10 respondents answered “sometimes” and “it depends”. They depend on the situation they are

in. They first evaluate the possible outcome if they will say “no”. And maybe they don’t want

to hurt someone else’s feelings. 1 out 10 respondents said “yes” and according to her, she finds it

difficult to say “no”. She is conscious about the feelings of the other party. Empathy is

dominating over herself than the control over herself.

5.4 The good influence of friends

Here are the answers in the fourth question “Have you ever influenced a friend into doing

something not of their liking? Is it positive or negative? Why?”

R1 said:

“Sometimes, but in a good way because I know it will benefit them, but if they really don’t want,

I don’t force them.”

R2 said:
“Yes, it’s positive for me, because every time they will make wrong decisions, I was there to

correct them.”

R3 said:

“Yes, in a positive way because I influence them to study hard.”

R4 said:

“Yes, for a good purpose because I don’t lead them to do wrong.”

R5 said:

“Sometimes, because I’m giving him/her a choice to discover something new.”

R6 said:

“Yes, it’s positive, so he can do that things for himself alone.”

R7 said:

“No, because my friends have their own mindset and it’s not something I can easily affect.”

R8 said:

“Yes and it is positive because I influence my friend in a good way especially when I motivate

them to study.”

R9 said:

“Yes and that is to study in their free time.”

R10 said:

“Yes, I feel in a good way because I even help her overcome her fear of heights.”
 7 out of 10 respondents said “yes”, they influenced once his/her friends but in a good

way. They are good people so they influenced their peer good things. Like the way they

influence their friends to study hard or they don’t drag their friends to do wrong things. 1 out of

10 respondents answered “no”, he doesn’t influence his friends because they have their own

mind to decide what is good for herself/himself. And 2 out 10 respondents answered

“sometimes” but they also stated that they don’t influence them to do negative things.

5.5 Matter of Time

Here are the answers to the question “How many hours do you usually hangout with your

peers?”

R1 said:

“When they are available”

R2 said:

“At least 6 hours, usually 6-12.”

R3 said:

“6-8 hours.”

R4 said:

“Most of the time I guess, I mean we are always in school and every time that there is a project,

we are always together.”

R5 said:
“8-13 hours.”

R6 said:

“Half a day.”

R7 said:

“8 hours or more”

R8 said:

“During school hours but when it comes to hangout I don’t join them.”

R9 said:

“More than a half-day”

R10 said:

“6 hours”

4 out 10 respondents said that they are hanging out with their friends always. Always

means more than 12 hours of the day. 5 out of 10 respondents answered that they hang out with

their friends frequently. Frequently means 6-12 hours a day. And 1 out of 10 respondents

answered that he hangs out with his peer whenever it is possible.

5.6 Different aspects on how peers affects teenager

Here are the answers to the sixth question “In what ways do your friends influence your

life and way of thinking and doing things?”

R1 said:

“My life and decisions and things I do are affected by them because they are the one who

change how my life run.”

R2 said:

“Every time that they will tell story or something I easily believed it.”

R3 said:

“Like for example. if they tell something about certain person my perception about that person

will change.”

R4 said:

“They affecting me but not in a way I waste my time in non-sense and stupid things.”

R5 said:

“They help me in things I can’t do.”

R6 said:

“In my studies, they give me some motivations, giving me advices for my decision.”

R7 said:

“They influence me positively because they support me with my decisions and goals.”

R8 said:

“Having friends makes my life happy and not boring. They always makes me laugh when I’m

sad.”
R9 said:

“Friends have a big impact in my life because sometimes I depend on them what to do.”

R10 said:

“In decision-making, I ask my friends first on their opinions then I will decide.”

5 out of 10 respondents answered that their friend affects them mentally like if their

friends said something about certain things, his/her perspective about that will change. Also, his

friends affect their mental state like they are getting their motivation to their friends. 2 out of 10

respondents answered that their friends affect the things they do. They are dependent to their

friends in doing things.

5.7 Depending on peers

Here are the answers to the seventh question “Are you dependent to your friends when it

comes to your decisions? What type of decisions are these?”

R1 said:

“Yes, because I think it will benefit me.”

R2 said:

“Maybe, it depends on the decisions.”

R3 said:

“It depends. Not all things, just the minor decisions.”

R4 said:

“Sometimes, because they decide what’s good for me and I know that to myself.”

R5 said:

“Yes. Foods”

R6 said:

“Yes, decisions in random things.”

R7 said:

“No, because I’ll do things my way even if they drop an opinion about it.”

R8 said:

“I ask advice from them but the decisions will always depend on me, that decisions are when I

was in difficult situation like telling them that I have problem with my family.”

R9 said:

“Yes, because sometimes they know better what is good for me.”

R10 said:

“It depends. Not all decisions depend on them.”

9 out 10 respondents said that they are dependent on their friends or peers in decision-

making. In making their decisions in life, some of them are depending on peers. If their peers ask

to do certain things and they insist on it, they will do it. They believed that their friends know
what’s good for them so they are depending on them. Also, they consult their friends before

making a decision.

5.8 Level of trust

Here are the answers of the eight question “Have you ever lied about liking something

just because you thought your friends would make fun of you if they knew? What was it?”

R1 said:

“No, because I know they will not make fun of me.”

R2, R3, R5, R7 and R10 stated:

“No”

R4 said:

“No, I’m true to them if I don’t like something I don’t like it and vice versa. But in the end its up

to them.”

R6 said:

“No, because if they are my friends, they will accept it no matter what.”

R8 said:

“No, because I want them to know me for who I am.”

R9 said:

“I have an admiration to my teacher”

 9 out of 10 said that they don’t lie to their friends for them to accept them. They don’t

hide the things they like because they believed that their friends will accept them no matter what.

They have self-regard or they have regards in their own interests. 1 out of 10 respondents lied

about something because she thought her friends will make fun of her.

5.9 Traits of good influence

Here are the answers to the ninth question “If you will ask about peer groups, what

particular characteristics or personality traits would you consider as good influence. Please

explain.”

R1 said:

“The good traits of a friend are someone who will never leave me and fun to be with.”

R1 said:

“Someone who has the courage to do what is right specially when in tough situations.”

R2 said:

“Someone who has the courage to do what is right specially when in tough situations.”

R3 said:

“Someone who is open-minded and knows what is right from wrong”

R4 said:
“Someone who push themselves to study hard, also someone who is dedicated to work and

kind”

R5 said:

“Friends that will never influence you to do bad things”

R6 said:

“Study together, and cheats together. And hangout with a good environment together.”

R7 said:

“They are optimistic and cheerful. We don’t go by influence but by understanding.”

R8 said:

“I want a friend who understands and who will accept me for who I am. Most of a friend is not

backstabber.”

R9 said:

“Someone who is trustworthy because as I said I hangout with them longer than my family so I

usually tell them all the things that happens to me”

R10 said:

“Someone who will not let you do bad things”

8 out of 10 respondents answered that they want a friend or peer groups that will

friend satisfy their mental needs. Friends who will influence them to be positive, friends who

will give them courage to do right things, friends who will never let you do bad things, friends

who will motivate them to study and friends who are open-minded and friends who are cheerful
and optimistic. 2 out of 10 respondents said they want a friend who will satisfy their emotional

needs, friends who will have fun whenever they are together. They want the kind of friends who

will never betray and leave them.

5.10 Memories with friends

And here are the answers to the last question “Please give us at least one specific experience

with your peer group that will remain in your memory for a long time. Explain why.”

R1 said:

“When we ate in Cua’s house together with my friends”

R2 said:

“All of the sleep over we did, it was all memorable specially the first.”

R3 said:

“When we went to Enchanted Kingdom, my friends convinced me to do ride even if I’m not

into rides and rollercoaster.”

R4 said:

“Every time we stare to one another and know what’s the meaning of that.”

R5 said:

“Once, one of our teachers passed us by and out of nowhere, she said “Hi” to our friend. She

seemed so happy.”
R6 said:

“We celebrated the birthday of my friend and surprised her.”

R7 said:

“They have been with me through my ups and down.”

R8 said:

“Before, I am a loner and an outcast and I have no peer group, but when this person came into

my life, I thought I’ll be forever alone, but that person accepts me for who I am with no

hesitation that’s why I love her so much and consider her.”

R9 said:

“I will never forget the support I received from my friends specially when I joined a

competition.”

R10 said:

“In the debut of Ate Malyn because it’s the only time we are complete as a squad.”

7 out 10 respondents said that their best memories that they will never forget are the ones

that happened once. Like going on a trip with friends, celebrating a birthday, supporting friends

when entering a competition or something, and every random thing that happened to them that

made them so happy, that is the kind of memories they will never forget. 2 out of 10 respondents

answered that the best memories that they will never forget are episodic which means it

happened many times in different time. Like sleepovers, eating together, etc. And 1 out 10

respondents said that the best memories are happening to him constantly.
5.11 Summary

In the following paragraph, we summarize the effects of peer pressure in teenagers in

building their personality. Based on their answers in all of the questions, they demonstrated that

they take peer pressure in a positive way. They don’t want to be manipulated by others in any

way. They have the control over themselves. They even helped their friends in discovering new

things that they know will be beneficial to their friends. They do not even let peer pressure

change or hide his true self from his friends just to fit in. They believed that they’re friends no

matter what. They would accept them because they are true friends. They also hang out with the

peers or group of people who will influence them in a good way or who will give positivity in

their life.

5.12 Conclusion

We conclude that peer pressure affects the teenager in many aspects of life, mentally,

emotionally, holistically and in their routine or habit. We have our own life and mind to control.

Controlling or manipulating others is something they don’t want to do. Influencing their friends

is always in a positive way. They stop them from doing bad decisions or influencing them to

study hard. From the above responses, it seems that the effects brought by peer pressure in

building teenagers’ personality are good. I mean, based on all of the responses of respondents,

because of peer pressure they learn how to be true to their selves, they also used peer pressure as

something that helped their friends discover something new.

5.13 Recommendation

I would like to recommend our research to the future researchers that will choose a topic

in line o related with our topic for their further study. We admit that what we have done is not

that great, so we want the future researchers to improve what we have done and make a better

study that will really help the students in dealing with peer pressure. I would also recommend

for the new researchers to make changes in our study. I addition, this research paper may serve

as a guiding tool in making their research.