Zondag werd op een sociologisch congres in Atlanta nieuw onderzoek voorgesteld waaruit blijkt dat tieners met een vaste relatie niet beter of slechter doen dat jongeren die geen sexleven hebben. Bij jongeren die echter vaak van partner wisselen, blijken de schoolresultaten te verslechteren en blijken ze meer schoolgerelateerde problemen te hebben.

Vrij vertaald: er is een correlatie tussen welke soort relatie jongeren hebben en hun schoolresultaten.

Andere bevindingen:

-Teens in serious relationships did not differ from their abstinent counterparts in terms of their grade-point average, how attached they are to school or college expectations. They were also not more likely to have problems in school, be suspended or absent.

-Compared with virgins, teens who have casual sex had lower GPAs, cared less about school and experienced more problems in school. For example, female teens who have flings had GPAs that were 0.16 points lower than abstinent teens. Male teens who have casual sex had GPAs that were 0.30 points lower than those who do not have sex. Teens who hook up also were at greater risk of being suspended or expelled and had lower odds of expecting to go to college.

-Teens who have sex – whether it’s a serious or casual relationship – were at higher risk of being truant and dropping out compared with teens who don’t have sex. The researchers said the dropout results should be interpreted with caution because the numbers were small.

(bron)