Statement

DT

PT

PF

DF

DK

1

Adolescence ends at 18 years old

62

142

145

138

30

2

Girls are universally experiencing puberty sooner in recent years

137

258

44

10

68

3

The teen brain is fully developed at age 18

14

77

160

234

32

4

Anorexia treatment usually requires teenagers to be separated from their parents

10

76

128

138

165

5

Technology has made teenagers better at multitasking

55

206

145

55

56

6

Pubertal “early bloomers” fare better than “late bloomers”

6

57

132

60

262

7

Teenagers can study better while listening to music

37

198

138

50

94

8

On average 15 years olds gain 15 pounds in that year

2

66

116

103

230

9

Horses are helpful in the treatment of eating disorders and autism spectrum

74

208

38

27

170

10

The onset of puberty is very upsetting to most teenagers

94

261

95

27

40

11

Male teenagers are much less likely than females to be preoccupied with their physical appearance

44

173

179

80

41

12

Most teenagers hardly ever engage in leisure reading these days

84

227

123

45

38

13

Joining groups or societies has a negative effect on students’ academic success

9

42

226

192

48

14

Paying for practice classes is the best way to do well on intelligence tests

18

119

161

106

113

15

Significant mood disruptions in adolescence are inevitable

120

257

76

17

47

16

Teenagers should have a job in high school to build character

53

185

114

81

84

17

Risky behaviour in adolescence is inevitable

47

196

144

74

56

18

Taking care of an infant simulator doll increases abstinence from sexual activity

10

78

146

125

158

19

Vocational tests are useless at predicting academic success in college

46

172

149

43

107

20

College students’ lives are full of random “hook-ups”

31

180

157

73

76

21

Teaching teenagers about contraception makes them more likely to engage in sexual activity

15

91

195

166

50

22

Abstinence only sex education programmes are effective at keeping teenagers abstinent

7

46

136

262

66

23

The HPV vaccine increases teenage sex

5

32

111

227

142

24

The millennial generation is lazy

54

136

119

173

35

25

Highschool football players are more likely to become seriously injured than cheerleaders

78

159

141

44

95

26

Offenders hide sexual interest when using the internet to initiate sex offenses against teenagers

86

207

49

21

154

27

Conversion therapy effectively turns homosexual

teenagers straight

4

23

61

359

70