Teens live cool? Everything goes over their legs? Not that much, according to an Ipsos Health and Pfizer Foundation survey. Carried out as part of a study on risky behavior among 798 teenagers aged 15 to 18, we learn in particular that 45% of them often feel under pressure. The origin could be school, according to the survey, since 23% of respondents are victims of violence. But mom friends, rest assured: the teenagers are fine. 85% speak easily with their parents, and know who to talk to in case of problems. Phew!
Pressure at school, of course, but no boycott of the institution for all that: 72% say they feel good there and go there with the desire to enrich their super brain. With the approach of the baccalaureate for some and the patent for others, here is rather good news. Generally, they still point more in history lessons than at the café next to the high school.
A lack of prevention on the risks of the Internet
When it comes to prevention, it all depends on the area. Regarding road safety, the work is done: 93% say they have been informed and a large majority (85%) have received information on sexuality. Same observation for addictions, 72% of them know the risks of cannabis and more than half (69%) are aware of the dangers of alcohol.
But adopting the guidelines is another story. 19% say they have drunk to drunkenness in the last twelve months and 11% have had unprotected sex.
Yet omnipresent among adolescents and dangerous, the great forgotten part of prevention remains the Internet. 38% of teenagers were not made aware of the proper use of website. 73% of them regret in particular not having been informed of the “social” risks: whether it be suicide or harassment.
