28

Unlike adults, teenagers underestimate the consequences of risky behaviour

137

273

64

23

20

29

More quality time with teenagers can make up for less quantity time

60

245

84

19

109

30

Successful transition from adolescence to adulthood is achieved through detachment from parents

34

155

154

114

60

31

Popular teenagers are usually mean/aggressive

28

125

198

107

59

32

Peer pressure only causes teenagers to make bad decisions

59

193

143

82

40

33

Boys only use “sticks & stones”/physical force while girls use words instead

29

103

149

212

24

34

Most teenagers have a strained relationship with their parents

22

152

170

107

66

35

Asking a student if they ever thought about suicide “plants a seed” and makes them more likely to actually attempt suicide

10

71

158

207

71

36

Teenagers only listen to their peers

17

94

191

178

37

37

When girls are sexually assaulted it is usually be a stranger

12

64

181

208

52

38

Most college/university students graduate in 4 years

34

233

100

39

111

39

College is the happiest time of one’s life

31

146

163

75

102

40

Teenagers these days are worse behaved than those in previous generations.

84

112

155

102

64

41

School violence is on the rise

117

218

75

31

76

42

Boot camps get teens “on the right track”

17

108

151

96

145

43

Most teenagers party with drugs or alcohol on weekends

77

185

145

65

45

44

DARE programmes prevent teenage drug use

21

85

78

53

280

45

Listening to heavy metal or rap music makes teenagers more likely to defy authority

11

80

135

251

40

46

Teenagers have the highest suicide rate

44

149

126

60

138

47

Goggles mimicking drunkenness helps prevent impaired driving

10

117

102

68

220

48

Teenagers can be “scared straight”

21

123

108

139

126

49

Sexting is only a teenage problem

6

19

120

344

28

50

Traditional high school driver education courses have a strong record of making teenagers safe drivers

19

164

84

28

222