Peer groups are informal primary groups who share a similar or equal stature and who are usually of same age group, tended to interact and work within the social aggregate. Peer groups can be diverse in some areas like race, creed, culture or religion.
Factor contributing the Peer problems can vary according to the student and his/her environment. Peer problems can contribute to -
Social behavior:
Social behavior has become a problem in the way of mutual peer relation when children behave aggressively or disruptive manner and hence is rejected by their peer. Each type of ineffective social behavior can be caused due to lack of knowledge about effective in traction in society. Children who lack this knowledge turn out to anxious and fearful in maintaining social relationship in effective manner.
Differentness:
Students are rejected from their peer when they are found to dissimilar from the group they meant to associate with. This can be due to sex, ethnicity, differently able or newcomer in the class. All are subjected to stern rejection when they are unfit in the peer group.
Family problem:
Even family problems can have disastrous effect on a student ability to maintain a healthy relationship within its peer group. As we know the effect of peer relationship helps in forming a better social behavior, Family problem can result in a negative outcome. Family problem like parental alcoholism, divorce or parental relationship problem can adversely affect the social behavior of the student. Student may act out feeling of anger in its peer group hence eliciting rejection from peers in process.