Sentences with phrase «felt social pressure»

This was due to a felt social pressure to demonstrate certain actions and behaviours that were consistent with traditional sexual scripts and norms.

Pop «christianity» is losing popularity, and we're not really seeing a shrinkage of the number of Christians and a gain in the «nones» (% of atheists has remained quite stable) but instead just more accurate reporting, as people don't feel social pressure to check the «Christianity» box.

And if you profess to be a Christian, you must confess all your sins, not embrace the ones you feel social pressure to embrace.

Participants were asked questions about how dissatisfied to satisfied they were with aspects of their body, whether they engage in attempts to modify their appearance, and whether they felt social pressures related to their appearance.

Drivers often feel a social pressure to keep pace with other traffic and run traffic lights when other vehicles do the same.

It's such a great place to be, when you can do what you want without feeling any social pressure!

According to CASEL, teachers may feel social pressure to enable, encourage, or participate in bullying.

Shiller and Russell and I were all feeling social pressure to report a higher safe withdrawal rate.

Naessens also suggested that a game with gambling mechanics could pose a threat to minors who would feel social pressure to spend a lot of money on those games.

«That's true of many other things we would like to measure in surveys, of course, especially things that might embarrass people (like ignorance) or that they might feel social pressure to avoid revealing (like prejudice),» Kellstedt says.

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And they're not just saving money on rent and commuting costs, Matt tells CNBC: «We also need less stuff to fill our place, and we feel less social pressure to buy more things to match our living situation.»

In the paper, Wu, who is about to begin doctoral studies at Harvard, said the anonymous aspect of posts «eliminates any social pressure participants may feel to edit their speech.»

Although many different people can make millennials feel pressured to spend money they don't have — friends, significant others, family members, coworkers — the compulsion to overspend often stems from social anxiety.

In the wake of an open letter in January from Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, exhorting businesses everywhere to focus on their social impact rather than simply maximizing profits, they wondered whether Moynihan might feel under more pressure to do so now that tax reforms would be lightening the burden in the future.

But even if they do not (and many do not) wish this, social pressures are sufficient to make them feel that it will be better for them not to burden others by their presence and demands.

The stories of Amos and Jeremiah tell us how the prophet must often speak pleasant words, while the false prophet yields to social pressure, salves guilty consciences, and adjusts his message to make people feel good.

As much as I love being inspired, I don't really feel uplifted, I feel more under pressure to be a better person and I put that pressure on myself all from reading social media.

I think it's natural to feel a bit pressured when it comes to blogging - I try to focus on the big picture but when you're on social media so much it's hard not to compare yourself to other people.

Often times, we feel pressure to keep things in, and being a part of the social media age, we sometimes want to act like everything is perfect.

With the way social media is now, everybody has an opinion and can express it, you feel the pressure as a manager.

They may feel stressed over social troubles like cliques, peer pressure, or whether they'll be bullied, teased, or left out.

The goal is to give your child opportunities for rewarding social experiences that will leave her wanting more rather than feeling pressured to do something she finds difficult.

You want to give your child opportunities for rewarding social experiences that will leave him wanting more rather than feeling pressured to do something he finds difficult.

There are also controversies and ethical considerations surrounding the means used by public campaigns which attempt to increase breastfeeding rates, relating to pressure put on women, and potential feeling of guilt and shame of women who fail to breastfeed; and social condemnation of women who use formula.

68 % of Canadian Moms Feel Pressured by Social Media, a 58 % Uptick Over the Same Period Last Year; 60 % Want Brands to Portray Them Realistically, While Only 15 % Think They Do So Now

One thing that interferes with this important task is the pressure teens feel to package and promote themselves, in order to look good to colleges or their social media followers.

Adverts, magazines, music videos and the growth of social media sites like Instagram and Snapchat mean all young people - not just young athletes - feel pressure to look a certain way.

Some of the abstainers buy into the social norm of voting as a duty, and / or feel the pressure of their friends and family to conform to the norm.

Elia — who started her career as a social studies teacher at Sweet Home High School — has been feeling the public pressure to remove Paladino.

«The epidemic says as much about social attitudes and economic pressures as about anxious feelings»

From this perspective, today's epidemic says as much about social attitudes and economic pressures as it does about actual anxious feelings.

Gay men were more likely than heterosexual men to report feeling judged based on their appearance (77 percent vs. 61 percent), to routinely think about how they look (58 percent vs. 39 percent), to compare their appearance to others at social events (68 percent vs. 51 percent), and to feel pressure from the media to be attractive (58 percent vs. 29 percent).

With a lack of social pressure, many states have felt little push to clamp down on the use of cell phones while driving.

«The greater pressure to conform to gender roles that North African French boys feel may be a response to contrasting messages about social status they are exposed to - one from their ethnic and cultural groups that says masculinity has greater power and prestige, the other from the broader social context that says their ethnic and cultural groups have lower status and are discriminated against.»

«In today's social media - obsessed world, many people feel pressured to pursue a physical, one - sided, false perfection that is simply unattainable,» he says.

Being generous with your time, money, or your talents can do more than make you feel good; a 2006 study found that people who gave social support to those in their social networks had lower blood pressure than those who didn't.

Thanks in part to the building pressures of social media to share the perfect shot that captures the perfect little slice of a perfect life, I've started to feel really silly, completely self - inflict angst whenever I'm out.

Now I had to cope with Valentine datelessness, feeling consummate social pressure from every retailer... who stuck hearts and cupids on their windows by January second to rub it in.»

Pressure can mount, with some women feeling their biological clock ticking or men the social pressure to settPressure can mount, with some women feeling their biological clock ticking or men the social pressure to settpressure to settle down.

Now I had to cope with Valentine datelessness, feeling consummate social pressure from every retailer in America who stuck hearts and cupids on their windows by January second to rub it in.»

However, many gay and bisexual men who lived during this period have since said in interviews that they felt pressured, by social attitudes and.

Instead of trying to appeal to someone you think is your ideal match, and feeling pressured to fall in love, a social media site is just about sharing your interests and connecting with like - minded people.

With the feel of a social networking site, meetme is extremely casual in nature with little to no added pressure (or stigma) that usually comes along with any online dating platform.

The actress reflects on the social impact of the Marvel superhero film and the pressure the cast felt to get the film right.

The well - documented Type 1 stressors include experiences such as being impersonated, receiving a barrage of personal attacks, and being outed, shamed, or humiliated publicly, whereas the lesser - documented Type 2 involves a curious or controlling boy / girlfriend or friend constantly breaking into social media accounts or smartphone devices to read digital communications with others, feeling smothered by the quantity of digital communications with close others, and feeling a pressure to comply with requests that reveal something considered highly personal and private.

Due to their strenuous work commitments, more than half of PSTs (52 %) say they regularly have to sacrifice family and / or social commitments, while nearly three quarters (72 %) say they feel under pressure to go into work even when unwell.

The argument is that students should not feel the pressure of having to use their gifts toward social capital.

Many of the pressures teenagers feel from social media are actually consistent with developmentally normal concerns around social standing and self - expression.

This blamed pressures from social media and the fact that young people felt less control over their lives.

The research focus on the IWB may have resulted in the teachers feeling pressure to utilize the device in their social studies instruction when they would not normally have done so.