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拿什么来拯救你青少年们

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  在身心疲惫的父母们眼里,孩子们都自高自大,好像什么都懂似的,而他们之所以每天这么high,就是因为他们觉得自己永远死不了。接下来,小编给大家准备了拿什么来拯救你青少年们 ,欢迎大家参考与借鉴。

  拿什么来拯救你青少年们

  It has long been assumed that the cavalier behavior of teenagers — driving too fast, engaging in unprotected sex, dabbling in illicit drugs — is due in part to their characteristic disregard for mortality. Teens, as any beleaguered parent of one can attest, usually operate under the presumption that they know it all and will live forever.

  Or, do they? A new study published in the July issue of the journal Pediatrics would suggest precisely the opposite. For some teens, at least, their reckless, sometimes life-endangering choices are fueled not by feelings of being bulletproof, but by the belief that they're doomed to die young anyway.

  In a long-term analysis of 20,594 American teens in grades 7 through 12, researchers interviewed the youngsters on three different occasions: first in 1995, again in 1996, then a final follow-up from 2000 to 2001. At the first interview, 1.4% of participants thought there was "almost no chance" that they'd reach their mid-30s; 2.4% thought it was possible, but hugely unlikely; and 10.9% believed they had only about a 50-50 shot of celebrating their 35th birthday. Researchers discovered that those who believed they were likely to die young were more likely to make potentially life-threatening choices — such as getting into violent fights or having unprotected sex with multiple partners — than teens who weren't expecting an early death.

  "Thankfully most youths don't hold this belief," says lead author Dr. Iris Wagman Borowsky, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Minnesota, "but 15% did. That's one in seven youths in this country.

  Whether it was the risky behavior or the fatalistic worldview that presented itself first during the course of the study, Borowsky found they remained correlated over the years. Youths who reported that they had contemplated suicide, consistently gotten into fights, had unprotected sex or abused drugs by the time of the first interview in 1995 were more likely to develop a pessimistic attitude about their mortality during the subsequent interviews. Likewise, says Borowksy, "We found that those who felt they had a higher likelihood of dying early were more likely in later years to begin engaging in risky behaviors."

  What's more, having a negative view of the future varied widely among respondents, depending on their ethnicity, gender and socioeconomic status. Older male Hispanic adolescents were the most likely to believe their lives would be cut short. Among teens whose families received any form of financial assistance from the government, nearly one-quarter believed they were likely to die young.

  The fact is that minorities and the underprivileged are among the populations in the U.S. who are statistically at higher risk of early death than, say, wealthy white Americans, according to government data. The irony, Borowsky says, is that these fatalistic belief systems may help perpetuate the tendency toward poor health and early demise in certain social or ethnic groups. "What's disturbing to me is how this could contribute to health disparities among minorities as well as youths from different socioeconomic backgrounds," she says. "If youths are in an environment where they look around and see more adults dying early, then they may develop this perception that they will die early as well." And that may drive teens toward careless behaviors.

  Borowsky's findings, while grim, present an opportunity to interrupt that self-fulfilling cycle (and she also found that as teens grow up, their negative views don't always persist). In the long term, she says, more research is needed for a deeper understanding of teens' emotional lives. But in the short term, prevention may be as simple as encouraging teenagers to think about their futures and set goals going forward; families and communities should then support children in achieving them.

  "I think this is something that can take place in primary medical settings as well as school settings," Borowsky says. She believes we can make a difference — even save lives — just by asking teens one simple question: "What do you want to do when you get older?"
 

  扩展:六方会谈等怎么说

  Six-Party Talk (DPRK Nuke Talk) 六方会谈 (朝鲜核问题会谈)

  Three Greens 三绿

  China-US Mediation1 Center 中美调停中心

  Stable and Rapid Economic Growth Without Fluctuations2 稳定快速无大起大落的经济增长

  Sui Generis 独特的

  Transitional Grace Period 过渡时期优惠期

  Conform to WTO Spirits and Agreements 遵循WTO精神和条款

  Steer3 the Big Ship of China’s Economy 掌控中国经济的大船

  Cross Retaliation4 交叉报复

  Nullification and Impairment (利益的)丧失和减损

  Show Magnanimity 采取高姿态

  City Development Surcharge 城市建设附加费

  Nnless Parties Have Agreed Otherwise 除当事人另有约定的以外

  Joint5 and Several Lliability 连带责任

  Four Major Tasks: Restructure State Firms, Promote the Non-State Sector6, Optimize7 Industrial Mix and Absorb More Investment 四项任务:重组国有企业,促进非公有行业,优化工业结构,吸收更多投资

  A Fair, Equitable8 and Non-discriminary Multilateral Trading System 公平、公正、非歧视的多边贸易体制

  All disputes shall, first of all, be settled amicably9 by negotiation10. 一切争端应首先通过友好会谈进行解决。

  The arbitration11 fee shall, in accordance with the Rules of Arbitration, be borne by the losing party. 根据仲裁规则,仲裁费用应由败诉方承担。

  The Seller shall not, without the buyer’s consent, discuss the Contract or any provision thereof to any person or any third parties. 未经买方同意,卖方不得将合同或合同的任何规定透漏给任何人或任何第三方。

  If, after thirty days from the commencement of such informal consultations12, the Parties fail to resolve amicably a contract dispute, either Party thereto may require that the dispute be submitted to arbitration for resolution. 在非正式协商开始30天后,如果双方仍不能友好地解决合同争端,任何一方可以要求将争端提交仲裁解决。

 

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