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Teenagers in America today are about three years behind their counterparts from the 1970s when it comes to taking up sex, drinking alcohol, and working for pay, researchers said Tuesday.
The findings in the journal Child Development were based on an analysis of seven large, nationally representative surveys of 8.3 million teenagers between 1976 and 2016.
The surveys sought to find out how those aged 13 to 19 spent their time, and how often they engaged in adult activities such as drinking alcohol, dating, taking jobs, driving, or having sex, said the report.
What researchers found was a "broad-based cultural shift," said the study.
Adolescents in the 2010s "are less likely to work for pay, drive, date, drink alcohol, go out without their parents, and have sex than adolescents in previous decades," it said.
These changes were apparent across the nation, and regardless of race, gender or socioeconomic lines.
"The developmental trajectory of adolescence has slowed, with teens growing up more slowly than they used to," said lead author Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University.
"In terms of adult activities, 18-year-olds now look like 15-year-olds once did."
Researchers suggested that spending more time online - a habit that has increased "markedly" - could be a leading factor in the shift.
While some have suggested that more homework or extracurricular activities are turning teens' attention away from adult behaviours, the study found that was not the case.
"Time doing those activities decreased among 8th and 10th graders (age 13-16) and was steady among twelfth graders (age 18) and college students," it said.
Co-author Heejung Park, assistant professor of psychology at Bryn Mawr College, said today's teenagers are slower to embrace both adult responsibilities like working and driving and adult pleasures like sex and alcohol.
"These trends are neither good nor bad, but reflect the current US cultural climate," said Park.
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Teenagers in America today are about three years behind their counterparts from the 1970s when it comes to taking up sex, drinking alcohol, and working for pay, researchers said Tuesday.
The findings in the journal Child Development were based on an analysis of seven large, nationally representative surveys of 8.3 million teenagers between 1976 and 2016.
The surveys sought to find out how those aged 13 to 19 spent their time, and how often they engaged in adult activities such as drinking alcohol, dating, taking jobs, driving, or having sex, said the report.
What researchers found was a "broad-based cultural shift," said the study.
Adolescents in the 2010s "are less likely to work for pay, drive, date, drink alcohol, go out without their parents, and have sex than adolescents in previous decades," it said.
These changes were apparent across the nation, and regardless of race, gender or socioeconomic lines.
"The developmental trajectory of adolescence has slowed, with teens growing up more slowly than they used to," said lead author Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University.
"In terms of adult activities, 18-year-olds now look like 15-year-olds once did."
Researchers suggested that spending more time online - a habit that has increased "markedly" - could be a leading factor in the shift.
While some have suggested that more homework or extracurricular activities are turning teens' attention away from adult behaviours, the study found that was not the case.
"Time doing those activities decreased among 8th and 10th graders (age 13-16) and was steady among twelfth graders (age 18) and college students," it said.
Co-author Heejung Park, assistant professor of psychology at Bryn Mawr College, said today's teenagers are slower to embrace both adult responsibilities like working and driving and adult pleasures like sex and alcohol.
"These trends are neither good nor bad, but reflect the current US cultural climate," said Park.
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: the numbers 13 to 19 inclusive
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: the years 13 to 19 in a lifetime or century
In 2021, abortions among teens represented less than 8% of the total.
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Arjun Thakkar, Freep.com , 8 Aug. 2022
Rodni was among more than 100 teens attending a party at the Prosser Family Campground in Truckee, near Lake Tahoe, according to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office.
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 8 Aug. 2022
Indiana’s birth rate among teens is 14th highest in the nation.
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Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star , 4 Aug. 2022
The 2021 Piper Sandler survey, for example, found that Instagram was the third most popular social network among teens , with Snapchat number one and TikTok at number two.
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Sarah Todd, Quartz , 2 Aug. 2022
Soda taxes have cut consumption somewhat in Philadelphia (including among teens ) and substantially in Seattle.
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USA Today , 26 July 2022
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: the years 13 through 19 in a person's life
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“Teens.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teens. Accessed 1 Sep. 2022.
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