About 15% of the teenager population believes that they will be die young which lead to higher incidence of drug abuse, extreme behavior, and suicide attempts. Psychology Schools see suicide numbers rising in the future as our lifes become more and more problematic…
The study conducted involved 20,000 youngsters and the results are pretty alarming. Ironic to the common notion that teeners tend to be extreme since they think they are far from harm, the research found out that most kids are taking their chances because they think they are hopeless and not much is at risk.
The proponents from the University of Minnesota found out that those kids who thought of themselves to die early have the higher chances of getting AIDS, committing suicide, and getting serious injuries from extreme behaviors.
The results of the survey is considered an eye opener to health experts who are now trying to find out ways to combat this very negative outlooks of the youth.
The research recommends ways how health experts can monitor teenagers who have a higher potential of engaging in unsafe behavior and suggests ways on how these action can be prevented.
Behavior experts claim that youngsters take risks since they misjudge the possible consequences of their actions and think positively that it will not happen to them. The study refutes this view.
During the seven-year study, 94 of the 20,000 subjects died. It was conducted in 1995 to 2002. About 15% of the total subjects thought they will be gone by the age of 35. Most of these fatalistic kids eventually engaged in very risky behavior.
Experts are looking into approaches on how they can help the youth perceive risks and the consequences if they will take the chance or not.