SMS sexually dangerous for teens

Scientists have found a sexual threat from mobile phones. He is fond of sending SMS messages to teens more than three times as likely to have sex peers.

Scientific fact that may seem strange and even questionable. Send more than 120 sms a day teens sex   three and a half times more often than their less active in terms of message sending peer. Furthermore, they also often drink and use drugs. Researchers have established a very clear link between excess Send SMS   and risky behavior.

American scientists from Case Western Reserve University in Denver believe that "hyper-governmental sms teens" often single-parent families, or no parents. "If parents carefully monitor the activity of children, including their communication on mobile phones and social networking sites, they would control their other more dangerous hobbies - explains this phenomenon study author Dr. Scott Frank. - A parent, dysfunctional families for children not closely monitored. "

The study was based on anonymous surveys among 4200 high school students of the city of Cleveland. It turned out that the category of avid SMS nicknames include every fifth teenager. And yet every ninth and hyper-Internet user, which is almost all free time spends on social sites like Facebook. Both features appear greater among girls.

However, between lovers of the Internet and SMS still has one major difference. If you constantly send texts via the phone more often teenagers sex Then fans of social networks increasingly prefer other risky occupations, such as alcohol and drugs.

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