Cool teens get harder later

Study: Cool teenagers often have a hard time later

06/15/2014

Those who in their teenage years as „cool“ were more difficult in later adult life. This emerges from a new US study. Thus, as young adults, among other things, subjects were more likely to have alcohol or drug problems.

Adolescents change during puberty
When adolescents enter puberty, not only do serious changes occur in the human body, but they also often change social behavior. For example, many young people want in their environment „hip, trendy, popular“ Be careful of chic clothes or hip music. However, as a recent US study suggests, those who, as a teenager, are considered to be „cool“ were later not necessarily the winners.

Cool teens later have alcohol or drug problems more often
According to the University of Virginia study, the former had „cool“ Subjects 23 years of age were more likely to have alcohol or drug problems, were criminal and socially less competent in the perception of others. The scientists around Joseph P. Allen and the psychologist Professor Hugh P. Kelly studied over a period of ten years 184 adolescents from the age of 13 years. The researchers gave the data both from interviews with the teenagers themselves, as well as from their friends and parents.

Teenagers develop an increasingly extreme behavior
When „cool“ those 13-year-olds were seen who had an early relationship, excelled in small criminal acts or hanging out with attractive peers. However, this was from this „cool“ Status with 23 years not much left. Scientists suspect that over the years, teenagers have become increasingly extreme in their behavior to remain recognized. As a result, they became more involved in the law and consumed more alcohol or drugs than „uncool“ Teenager. (Ad)