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Find out how you can cope with peer pressure while at college.

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Host: What are the facts about peer pressure? Gwendolyn Francavillo: There are good and bad components of peer pressure. A lot of times you’ll think that peer pressure is only negative, most of the times, it is, alcohol or drugs or sexual behaviors, things like that for you to do that you’re not comfortable doing, so trying to convince you to do those behaviors, a lot of times its social pressure, your friends, trying to be cool, things like that, so convincing people to do those behaviors. Good peer pressure might be to compete in sports or get good grades or to motivate you to do something that maybe you normally wouldn’t do but will benefit you or benefit the group as a whole.