The dependence on peer pressure enables the sustenance of participation and avoids default by members. ... It is not enough to have the same social setting characteristics although it is very important that people of the same social status are recruited, who are organized with others with whom they have, or come to have, a social bond and basis of reciprocated obligation, and who have faith in the everyday and honourable integrity of fellow peer group members. ... NGO organizers of peer lending groups may not have detailed knowledge of participants as they have not lived in the area they are ...

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Studies have shown that family dysfunction is a key component of a person suffering with long-term emotional distress and an inability to build healthy relationships with others. The amount and quality of parental monitoring is influenced by different factors such as divorce, serious financial di...

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Research has shown that youth from single parent families often have higher rates of problem behavior like substance abuse, aggression, school dropout and teenage pregnancies for girls and this may result from limited financial resources in the family, lack of time and parental guidance from the parents and from peer pressure where children make decisions without consulting their parents. ...

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Because they have a choice as to when they adopt, most candidates have the freedom to get their affairs in order without the pressure of an impending due date. ... Since same-sex couples tend to have a higher level of education and greater financial means than their straight peers, it is safe to assume that the child would benefit from a greater emphasis on education and more opportunities to try things that would be financially impractical in other families. ... Studies have shown that children of same-sex couples fare no worse than their peers in the areas of mental health, social functionin...

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Without the pressure to attract a new mate, the authors say, newlyweds can get complacent about their appearance. A recent Australian study in the journal Body Image showed that women who feel pressured to slim down before their wedding gained more weight within the following six months (Prichard 2014). Married men were more likely to be overweight or obese compared to their peers who were single, in relationships, or engaged, according to a 2014 University of Minnesota study of young adults (Berge et al., 2014). ... Depression, in turn, affects health either indirectly, by promoting unhe...

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