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what accounts for the emergence of peer groups and peer cultures in adolescence/how do teenagers come to understand and find their place in this peer system/how stable is the system/does the structure of peer groups or the pattern of interrelationships among peer cultures remain consistent throughout adolescence/do young people commonly shift their allegiances among peer crowds/how do peer groups affect individual behavior and psychological well-being/finally, can or should adults attempt to structure adolescent peer cultures or manipulate a teenager's place within the peer system/these questions form the agenda for this chapter