Teacher knows best? The social influence of teachers and peers in high school.

ABSTRACT: Social norms are crucial to human development and social functioning. They play an important role in the formation of personal norms and intentions concerning risk-taking and prosocial behaviors. During adolescence, the school becomes a prominent environment where individuals gain a deeper understanding of broader social norms, helping them navigate the complexities of adult society. Here, adolescents may learn social norms from two key sources: peers and teachers. While heightened sensitivity to peers is well established, less is known about the influence of teachers in shaping adolescent personal norms and intentions. We performed a pre-registered two-wave experiment (N = 270; M_age = 13.7 years old) to investigate how normative information from peers and teachers directly and

SUBMITTER: da Silva Pinho A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12358715 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature