Teens who feel more peer pressure turn out better, not worse

This seems to draw a connection between increased obedience and reduced social friction more than any other metric. The idea that these people are actually "better" is not really examined that closely.

It mentions a presupposition to begin with that it is assumed that people who are less susceptible to external social pressure have more strength of character, but this seems to skip the possibility that they are simply apathetic in general or purposely abrasive rather than genuinely concerned with power over their own decisions. I'd find it much more interesting if the article accounted for these two variables.

Without that information it becomes less informative due to being a bit obvious; "People who happily buckle to the will of the crowd generally acclimatise better to a social environment? You don't say..."