The Role of Negative Peer Pressure on Social Anxiety and Psychological Well-being among Late Adolescent Filipinos

Negative peer pressure is highly prevalent in today's generation, especially among late adolescents, as various harmful and risky behaviors are becoming more common. Hence, understanding the connection of negative peer pressure to a person's psychological well-being and susceptibility to social anxiety is essential, as these facets of an individual are not entirely understood. Using purposive sampling, we gathered 18-to 25-year-old participants, including senior high school students, college students, and recent graduates in their early careers. This predictive cross-sectional study investigates the link of negative peer pressure to social anxiety and psychological well-being among 385 late-adolescent Filipinos using Pearson product-moment correlation. We then used linear regression analysis to predict whether negative peer pressure can predict social anxiety and the psychological well-being of our participants. Our result indicates that negative peer pressure significantly predicts social anxiety and psychological well-being with a weak positive and weak negative correlation, respectively.