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A new study from the University of Minnesota indicates that fatalistic attitudes among teens are linked to risky behaviors. The study, which was based on surveys of more than 20,000 middle and high school students between 1995 and 2000, found that teens who engaged in risky behaviors such as drug use, fighting, and unsafe sex were more likely to believe that they would die young than those who didn't.

Pediatrician and study researcher Iris Borowsky, MD, PhD, of the University of Minnesota commented: "The conventional wisdom has been that teens underestimate their risk, but there are also studies showing that they are no worse than adults at perceiving their vulnerability to risk and that they tend to overestimate their risk of dying."

(Source: www.webmd.com)

Labels: teens, high risk behavior

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