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TeenDating

Undoubtedly,romanticrelationshipsareahallmarkofadolescentdevelopment.Despitetheir
normativenaturehoweveritcanaffectyouinanegativeway.Therearesomanythingsthat
distractyouinlife,buttheresonedistractionthatalotofstudentsinoursocietyfacewhichis
adolescentrelationships.Duringadolescentsanumberateensexperimentwithdatingbecauseof
puberty.Thisisatimeoftransitionandtimewhenadolescentsreachsexualmaturity.Many
teensgetcaughtupemotionallybecauseitsatimeoffindingyourselfandwantingacceptance
.Beinginthepubertystageofliferelationshipscanaffectyouracademicperformance,cause
stressfulemotionalproblems,andwillingnesstoengageinnegativeactivities.

Beingacademicallysuccessfulisveryimportant.Beinginaschoolrelationshipisnotso
importantyoudontwanttolosefocusorgetoftherightpath.Theseadolescentrelationships
causesinterestingemotionthatisnotneededwhenyouaretryingtobeacademicallysuccessful
togettothenextlevelinlife.Thereisalwaysachoiceyouhavetomakeinlife,becauseweall
havechoices.Accordingtothehealthyteenslongitudinalexperimentstudentswhodatecanbe
affected.Thisexperimentconsistoftwogroupsofteensonebeinglowdatersandtheotherhigh
dating.weexaminedhighschooldropoutratesbydatingtrajectoriesusingthelowdating
groupasthereferentgroup.Adjustingforsexandrace,studentsinthefrequentandthehigh

middleschooldatinggroupswereapproximatelyfourtimesmorelikelytodropoutofschool
thanthelowdaters(Reeves778).Theresultsshowsthatthestudentsfocushasbeenlostdueto
thelackoffocusingontheireducation.Alsotherewasanotherexperimentdonebywayoftest.
Teenscapabilitiesandintelligencewastestediftheywereinarelationshiporiftherewerenotin
arelationshiptoseethenegativeeffectoftheiracademicmind.
IntheAddHealthstudy,
adolescentsscoringintheupperlevelofanintelligencetestwerelesslikelytohavesexual
intercourseoreventokissorholdhands(Reeves773).
Whattheseresultsshowusisthat,

teensfocusedontherightthingsuchastheiracademicworkandchallengesaremorefocused
anddobetterintheirschoolworkthantheonesfocusedondating.Parentsaresupposedtohelp
andteachtheirkidsthateducationisverykey,butthechildhastomaketheultimatedecision.
Whiletheinfluenceofparentsoneducationiswelldocumented,theinfluenceofromantic
partnersonacademicachievementisscant.Existing
studiesrevealthatdatingatayoungageislinkedtolowergrades(Reeves773).Educationis
thekeytosuccesssowhenarelationshipisdistractingyoufromyourschoolworkthatisvery
negative.

Teenrelationshipscancausestressformanyvariousreasons.Accordingtoastudywithteen
health64%ofteensourstressedduetotheirromanticrelations.Duringadolescentsteensbecome
interestedindating.Theybecomeinterestedindatingbecauseofpubertyandcomingofage
tryingtofindthemselves.Stressisoneofthegreatesthealthproblemsinoursocietytoday,and

thatisverynegative.
Severalfactorsmustbeconsideredwhentryingtoexplainwhyaggression
mayoccurbetweenromanticpartnersinsuchsalientandimportantrelationshipsduring
adolescence.Adolescentswhoreportdatingaggressionoftendescribeconflictswiththe
partner.Afrequentsourceofconflictconcernshowpartnersallocatetheirtime:Asromantic
partnersbecomeincreasinglyimportant,theamountoftimespentwithbestfriendsusually
decreases.Inaddition,adolescentsmayhavedifficultiesindifferentiatingbetweenromanticand
platonicfriendships.Someadolescentsareuncertainabouthowtoactintheromantic
relationship(
burk305).Asyoucanseetherewasanexperimentwithteenagersthattookplace,

youcanseethatinarelationshipitstirsupalotofemotionwhichleadstostressbecauseteens
canthandleit.Accordingtolivestrong
Teenagersareyoungandinexperiencedwhilethey
thinktheyknowwhat'sbest,aparentcanseeemotionaldestructionlongbeforetheteenfeelsit.
Thisimmaturity,bothofexperienceandemotion,cancauseteenstothinktheyareinlovewhen
theyareinfactinfatuated(livestrong1).Wecanseethattheseresultsclearlyshowusthat
Thisinfatuationcancauseteenstoexperiencestress,lowselfesteem,devastationanddepression
whentherelationshipendsandevenwhenintherelationship.Teensarereadytobeina
relationship,butwhattheydontknowisthatitreallycanaffectyou.eensin
Intimate
relationshipswereconsideredasriskandprotectivefactors,becausemarriagewasconsideredto
beprotectiveagainstantisocialbehavior,whereasbeinginvolvedinadysfunctionalrelationship
resultedinanincreaseofantisocialbehavior,bothinmalesandfemaleswhenunderstress
(Burk307).Thisdatasimplyshowsthatteenagerscannothandlerelationshipsandthatwhen
theiremotionsareaffecteditcausesthemtoactdifferently.Thisdifferentbehaviorisstressful
behaviorsuchasantisocial.Teensinoursocietyneedtorealizethemeaningofatrue
relationship,sothattheycanstayontherightpath.

Theyouthoftodayisunderanabundencepressureandnegativity.Thenegativityalotof
teensfaceispeerpressure,andselfdestructivebehaviorsuchasdrugandalcoholabuseand
promiscuity
.
Therewasastudythattookplacewithcollegestudents.Inthisparticular
experimenttheyexaminedearlyadolescentsthroughmidadolescentstoseedoesthedatinghave
negativeconsequencesbywayofsurvey.AccordingtoTheEffectsofPubertalTimingand
AdolescentDatingexperimentromanticinvolvementbeforemidadolescencewasassociated
withdecreasedacademic,job,andconductcompetence,althoughitsdamagingeffect
disappearedasadolescentsbecomeolder.Suchanagegradedeffectofdatingmaybeafunction
ofdevelopmentalshiftinmidadolescencewheninvolvementindatingbecomesincreasingly
morenormative(Natsuaki50).Thisdatashowsusabundtentlythatwhiletheseadolescents
teensourinrelationshipsitsaffectingthemnegativelyandmakingthemactonnegative
activities.AccordingtoTheComplexitiesofAdolescentDatingandSexualRelationships
researchIncontemporaryAmericansociety,datingandsexualrelationshipsplayakeyrolein
adolescentdevelopment(Longmore54).Thegreatdatashowsthatanythingthatplaysakeyrole
inyourlifeaffectsyou.Theycansometimesgiveyounegativeinfluences.
studiesondating,
researchdemonstratesthatteensexualactivityisoftenassociatedwithdepressivesymptoms
Researcherexaminingunplannedpregnanciesandsexuallytransmittedinfectionsduring
adolescenceoftendescribesexualactivityassexualrisktakingandconceptualizesuchrisk
takingasonecomponentofabroaderproblembehaviorsyndrome(Manning57).Beinga

relationshipwithnegativityorcomplicationscanbeverystressfulandcauseyoutobe
depressedandleadtomanyotherhealthproblems.