What is The Relationship Between Peer Pressure to Follow Entertainment Trends and High School Students' Peer Relationships?

The entertainment trend is increasingly integrated into the daily social life of teenagers. Popular music, online videos, games, movies and other forms of entertainment can provide common topics and influence the way high school students interact with their peers. At the same time, teenagers may feel pressured and want to keep up with these trends to participate in group dialogue and maintain a sense of belonging. This study explores the relationship between peer pressure, trend-chasing behaviour and peer relationships among high school students who follow entertainment trends. Therefore, we have collected relevant data through online questionnaires, covering these three aspects. After data screening, a total of 54 replies were obtained, of which 47 valid data were retained. Pearson correlation analysis shows that peer pressure is positively correlated with social relationship score, r = 0.485, p < 0.001; wind-chasing behaviour is also positively correlated with social relationship score, r = 0.464, p = 0.001. However, there is no significant correlation between peer pressure and wind-chasing behaviour, r = 0.182, p = 0.221. The multivariate regression model has statistical significance, F(2, 44) = 13.53, p < 0.001, and the adjusted R² is 0.353. Peer pressure and trend-following behaviour are still significant independent predictors of social relationship scores. In general, the results of the study show that the trend of entertainment is closely related to the social life of teenagers. Common interests can provide students with more topics and opportunities to interact with their peers. At the same time, feeling the pressure of friends does not necessarily mean that students will really follow the trend. This shows that the needs of integrating into the group and personal interests may jointly affect the way teenagers participate in the entertainment trend.