A study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology has documented a strong relationship between teen drinking and behavior problems:

• Researchers surveyed 9,000 people ages 13 to 19 years old.
• They found that 80 percent had tried drinking alcohol and 29 percent had been drunk more than 10 times in their lives.
• The boys who drank were more likely to have behavioral problems and the girls who drank reported both behavioral problems and depression.
• Forty-three percent of students who had behavioral problems also reported being drunk more than 10 times in their lives.

The authors emphasized that their findings do not mean that drinking causes behavioral problems, only that there is an increased likelihood that teens who drink also have behavioral problems.

Labels: teenage_drinking, behaviors

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