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=Aggressive behaviour increases adolescent drinking, depression doesn't=

According to a recent study in Finland, adolescence who tend to be more on the aggressive side are more likely to consume large quantities of alcohol compared to their peers (University). This study shows that anxiety and depression were not linked to this however. The rise in alcohol abuse is related to smoking and attention problems. And surprisingly aggressive behavior is more likely in girls than boys (University). This seemed confusing at first, however female hormones are already crazy when an adolescent therefore I can see how this could have a direct effect when alcohol in abused in female adolescent. Alcohol is the substance that teens us most often (Boyd). This could have a negative impact over time on society because this could lead to more aggressiveness in adolescent as the years go on. I have seen with personal experience the raise in aggressiveness as adolescent's get drunk at parties and other occasions. There will usually be a fight at some point in the night and chaos will be created between two drunk teens who crossed each other's paths. I hope teens will soon see the negative effects drinking has on their behavior causing a fight to occur for reasons that aren't even worthy to remember.

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

Boyd, Denise, and Helen Bee. //Lifespan Development//. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2012. Print.

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