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Sometimes peers influence each other in negative ways.

For example: a few kids in school might try to get you to cut class with them

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Peers can have a positive influence on each other.

For example: Someone on the soccer team taught you a cool trick with the ball.

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Peers influence everyone’s life just by spending time with together. This is called peer pressure. You learn from them, and they learn from you.

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Dominant individuals who seem to be the most influential, especially to  high-risk behaviors. They are usually more prone and aggressive towards these behaviors.

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Teens are more likely to copy the behavior of popular peers. On page 3 it explains, " A peer is a person who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background, and social status."   They have a strong tie in social comparison and reflected appraisal and and usually are always meeting the demands of those considered the most popular in their peer group.

Those who are well liked are different from those who are considered popular. Being popular puts you on the top tier of of dominance hierarchy.

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Parental monitoring and supervision may prevent children from associating with bad peers. On page 3 it explains, "High levels of family conflict and poor communication skills disrupt  parenting and family relations, reduce children’s emotional security, and reinforce the use of aggression and interpersonal hostility."

Family members may model risk behaviors by could also pass down certain risks such as substance abuse.

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Effective parenting can prevent negative behaviors and also promote good behaviors and values. It also helps children develop various defined behaviors that are also protective.

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One of the models is the family stress model. On page 2, it explains, " It is based on evidence from both human and animal studies that punishing experiences, such as economic pressure, have a negative effect which can take many forms, such as despondency, depression, anger, or aggression."

Those sort of emotions can disrupt family relationships. When parents show conflict and seem angry, depressed, or sullen, this usually leads to withdraw or inconsistent parenting which then leads to teens leaning towards more risky behavior.

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There are strong reasons to think that families, especially their economic circumstances, influence both parents’ and children’s emotions and behaviors.