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@article{184907,
        author = {Nazneen Polad Mogrelia and Dr. Kanchana M and Ms. Riya Saji},
        title = {Dynamics of Self-Regulation, Social Intelligence and Peer Deviance Among Female Undergraduate Students},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {4},
        pages = {3836-3844},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=184907},
        abstract = {Peer relations are an essential component of adolescent identity development (Tajfel & Turner, 1986). Peer relations can provide a context to learn positive social and emotional skills but can also contribute negatively. The concurrent study explores the dynamics between peer deviance, self-regulation and social intelligence. Purposive sampling was used to obtain data from female undergraduate students between 18-21 years of age. The Independent Samples t-test was used to find if there is any significant difference between deviant behaviour of peers and self-regulation, as well as deviant behaviour of peers and social intelligence, among female undergraduate students, in relation to the sex of their peers. Results indicated the protective effects of self-regulation and social intelligence did not allow peer deviance to have an influence on the female respondents. Differences were found in deviant behaviour if peers belonged to the opposite sex. The future implications could be providing interventions to undergraduate students for building appropriate social identities, in turn, helping them to discover themselves.},
        keywords = {Peer deviance, self-regulation, social intelligence, female undergraduate students},
        month = {September},
        }