Race to Nowhere – Pressures on Today’s Teens

I urge you to click here to watch this documentary movie trailer…

Quoting from the U.S. Surgeon General’s 2007 Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking, “In graduating from elementary to middle school, from middle school to high school, and from high school to college or the workplace, adolescents move in and out of different social contexts and peer groups, which exposes them to new stressors. These transitions lead to increased responsibilities and academic expectations, which are also potential sources of stress. This is important because research shows a link between stress and alcohol consumption [among adolescents].”

The physical effects of puberty create dramatic changes in the sexual and
social experience of maturing adolescents that require significant psycho­
logical and social adaptation. Together with hormonally induced mood
and behavior changes, these sexual and social maturation stressors may
contribute to increased consumption of alcohol during the adolescent
period (Tschann et al. 1994). In graduating from elementary to middle
school, from middle school to high school, and from high school to college
or the workplace, adolescents move in and out of different social contexts
and peer groups, which exposes them to new stressors. These transitions
lead to increased responsibilities and academic expectations, which are
also potential sources of stress. This is important because research shows
a link between stress and alcohol consumption.
The physical effects of puberty create dramatic changes in the sexual and
social experience of maturing adolescents that require significant psycho­
logical and social adaptation. Together with hormonally induced mood
and behavior changes, these sexual and social maturation stressors may
contribute to increased consumption of alcohol during the adolescent
period (Tschann et al. 1994). In graduating from elementary to middle
school, from middle school to high school, and from high school to college
or the workplace, adolescents move in and out of different social contexts
and peer groups, which exposes them to new stressors. These transitions
lead to increased responsibilities and academic expectations, which are
also potential sources of stress. This is important because research shows
a link between stress and alcohol consumption.
The physical effects of puberty create dramatic changes in the sexual and
social experience of maturing adolescents that require significant psycho­
logical and social adaptation. Together with hormonally induced mood
and behavior changes, these sexual and social maturation stressors may
contribute to increased consumption of alcohol during the adolescent
period (Tschann et al. 1994). In graduating from elementary to middle
school, from middle school to high school, and from high school to college
or the workplace, adolescents move in and out of different social contexts
and peer groups, which exposes them to new stressors. These transitions
lead to increased responsibilities and academic expectations, which are
also potential sources of stress. This is important because research shows
a link between stress and alcohol consumption.

About Lisa Frederiksen

Lisa Frederiksen has been consulting, researching, writing and speaking on substance abuse, addiction, treatment, dual diagnosis, underage drinking and help for the family centered around 21st century brain and addiction-related research since 2003. Her 4o+ years experience with family and friends’ alcohol abuse and alcoholism and her seventh and eighth books, "Loved One In Treatment? Now What!" and "If You Loved Me, You'd Stop!," frame her work. She founded BreakingTheCycles.com in 2008 and writes a blog of the same name.
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2 Responses to Race to Nowhere – Pressures on Today’s Teens

  1. Mike says:

    thanks for the post. Great video
    It seems to hit all the ‘good’ points regarding the pressures to fit in, succeed, be popular.
    When is the release date again?

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