Here's a Monday morning OMG for you.
A new study out of Dartmouth, building on other work, shows that middle school students who watch R-rated movies are more likely to start drinking young.
Students from 15 northern New England middle schools were surveyed. At the time of the initial interview the students had never tried alcohol.
The data is pretty compelling. The study found that:
2.9% of kids who had never watched R-rated movies started drinking
12.5 who watched them once in awhile started drinking
18.8 who watched them sometimes drank
24.5% of those who watched them all the time drank
Why? Kids want to do what they see, explained Dr. Susanne Tanski, lead author of the study. The study, which was published in the May issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, is part of a larger body of research at Dartmouth Medical School that examines whether movies influence adolescent behavior.
The study, which was published in the May issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, is part of a larger body of research at Dartmouth Medical School that examines whether movies influence adolescent behavior.
http://www.jconline.com/article/20100524/LIFE08/5240303/New-study-examines-effect-of-young-teens-watching-R-rated-movies
Greetings, Aimee,
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting the Journal Courier story about the Dartmouth Medical School study. I'm the medical school's media-relations officer, and am sending along the URL of our press release about the study. It includes URLs to information about past studies by Doctor Tanski and her DMS colleague in this and other studies, James D. Sargent.