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 |