Peer Relationship Part 1

A child has to play various roles within his or her life span,easy as it seems but we all know how difficult it is to tackle and experience all those situations.Like a newly shaped vessel, student is dependent and correlates it’s life and attributes with the society,situation and surroundings. Nowadays students are already burdened with ongoing competitive world, all this in hand and they have to balance other situations also. One of the newly recognized issues is the impact of peer relationship in the life and character building of a student.

Peer Relationship is commonly defined as social relationships with an informal primary group who share similar or equal status and who are usually of the same age group, tended to interact and work within the social aggregate. Peer Relationship and Friendship can be misunderstood as similar entity, but they are entirely different aspect of a student learning phase. Peer Relationship is based on social interaction within a social group whereas friendship is based on mutual respect, appreciation and liking. Approach of both the emotions is different in terms of construction and contribution in development. Peer Relationship is associated with the feeling of belonging and behavioral issues, whereas, friendship relates to the feeling of social adjustment. However both Peer Relationship and friendship similarly provides the student with self-esteem and improved psychological adjustment. Despite what parent thinks, making friend is a considerable task and Peer Relationship is termed as a milestone.

Peer Relationship diversifies in scope nature and impact within the growing and learning phase of a student. It may not be a critical issue but the impact can not be neglected.In the early phase of life a child may not be able to distinguish between Peer Relation and Friendship. Students are most likely to realize the importance of Peer acceptance as they grow into early adolescents. It deepens with the mean time when student is able to distinguish it from Friendship. In present scenario when students are already burdened with increasing competition, changing exam patterns, struggle to be a part of extra curricular activities also, Peer Acceptance can be a morale boost.Research indicates that older youth interacts with peers more frequently and longer then the younger youth,both in and out of school.Better Peer Relationship transforms a student into a generous and reasonable human being as student is concerned with peers also.

Maintaining Peer Relationship is important for the reason being young people who have difficulty in maintaining and developing Peer Relationship are more likely to (1) Engage in aggressive behavior, (2) Report low academic achievement and high unemployment later in life, (3) Exhibit higher degrees of loneliness and depression, these points are distincted by renowned psychologists after years of practice and research. Peer Relationship can contribute in reforming Self-Esteem and also helps in building Self Image. It involves social competence which directly relates to the various qualities like Leadership, Team Effort and Positive Outlook in a student. Peer Relationship has a significant influence on psychological and social adjustments for group individuals.Peer groups provide perspective outside of individual’s viewpoints. Peer viewpoint helps in influence the knowledge of socio and psycho norms for an individual.