Peer Pressure and Suicidal Ideation

The present study was carried out to compare the Suicidal Ideation of the students with reference to their different levels of Peer Pressure. It was hypothesized that there will be no significant difference between the suicidal ideation of the students with reference to their different levels of Peer Pressure. The sample of the study was consisted of the students of first year undergraduate level. Peer Pressure Scale (2010) by Singh and Saini and The Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (1991) were used to measure peer pressure and suicidal ideation respectively. Results show that there was significant difference in students of the High Peer Pressure Group (HPP), Average Peer Pressure Group (APP) and Low Peer Pressure Group (LPP) with reference to their Suicidal Ideation scores.