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 * Science Summery **

A study done in Finland by Elia Laukanen, Professor and Chief Physician compares the results of alcohol consumption during adolescents from ages 13 to 18. They found out that children who were aggressive or who have delt with a hardship such as divorce between parents were more likely to consume more alcohol than adolescents who are not aggressive or have delt with a hardship. They were even more surprised to find out that females were found to be more aggressive than males. The study that was conducted also showed that more than sixty percent of the adolescents that were surveyed consume alcohol. They also conducted from that #|information that the adolescents that consume a high percentage of alcohol can lead to a lot of risk factors such as becoming alcohol dependent when they are older and also causing brain damage during adolescents. This comes to show that alcohol #|plays a big factor in adolescents today. And that probably a lot of times the consumption of alcohol in adolescents are more about things that took place in their past rather than just a social need to drink. These test results also reveal that #|anxiety and depression do not actually play a role in why adolescents consume a lot of alcohol. They say it more #|depends on their aggressive personality and what they have gone through during their childhood or adolescent stage than #|depression and anxiety. That was interesting to me because i thought that could be a big role as why alcohol consumption is so common in teens. This study was interesting to me and taught me about adolescents in the US today.

#|University of Eastern Finland. "Aggressive behaviour increases adolescent drinking, depression doesn't." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 6 August 2014.
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