group pressure

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So when this meme started spreading, I knew he’d eventually join in because his personality makes him susceptible to this kind of group pressure.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2025

These contracting decisions are usually made by local administrators managing budgets under fiscal stress and interest group pressure, including from businesses and public sector unions.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2025

Even though the stakes were very low, about three-quarters of participants capitulated to group pressure at least once.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2016

Research has shown that parental influence declines up to about the age of 12, after which time peer group pressure increases and dominates behaviour in the late teens.

From BBC • May 25, 2012

Losing the friendship and approval of comrades, being cut off from social sympathy, is a familiar form of group pressure.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra