Understanding the role of peer pressure on engineering students' learning behavior: A TPB perspective
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Xu, L., Zhang, J., Ding, Y., Zheng, J., Sun, G., Zhang, W. and Philbin, S. (2023). Understanding the role of peer pressure on engineering students' learning behavior: A TPB perspective. Frontiers in Public Health. 10, p. 1069384. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1069384
Authors | Xu, L., Zhang, J., Ding, Y., Zheng, J., Sun, G., Zhang, W. and Philbin, S. |
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Abstract | Introduction: With the advent of the digital age, the gradually increasing demands of the engineering job market make it inevitable that engineering students face the pressures that arise from academic life with their peers. To address this issue, this study aims to explore the influence of engineering students’ peer pressure on learning behavior based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Methods: In addition to attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral controls inherent in TPB, two new dimensions—gender difference and peer academic ability—were incorporated to construct a framework of the dimensions of peer pressure as affecting engineering students as well as an expanded model of TPB. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 160 college engineering students and a structural equation model (SEM) was used to test the hypotheses. Results: The result showed that positive peer pressure can increase engineering students’ learning intention and thus promote learning behavior. It was also determined that the TPB model can effectively explain the effect of peer pressure on learning behavior, in addition to expanding and reshaping the relationship between the attitudinal dimension in the TPB model. Discussion: From the results, it is clear that positive attitudes toward learning can trigger positive peer pressure. Good group norms can induce peer pressure through rewards and punishments as a way to motivate students’ learning intention and learning behaviors. When peer pressure is perceived, students mobilize positive emotions toward learning. Meanwhile, both male and female engineering students are also significantly motivated by high peer achievement, and high-performing female students motivate their male peers, which leads to higher graduation rates. |
Keywords | peer pressure; peer influence; theory of planned behavior; engineering students; learning intention; learning behavior |
Year | 2023 |
Journal | Frontiers in Public Health |
Journal citation | 10, p. 1069384 |
Publisher | Frontiers Media |
ISSN | 2296-2565 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1069384 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1069384/full |
Publication dates | |
06 Jan 2023 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 14 Dec 2022 |
Deposited | 09 Jan 2023 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/92z73
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