High school popularity may not lead to happiness, study finds

High school students may think that popularity is the most important, but new research found that it may not bring long-term happiness.

According to research published in the Journal of Child Development, it is more important for young people to keep close friendships with them for a long time.

The author of this research stated that: "The youth who has a high degree of affection with best friends seems to have increased adaptability to psychological health, psychosocial adjustment, and puberty stress." The overall happiness reported by a teenager is higher than that of a teenager without such a friendship. "

Over time, research investigated a group of students from the same school to study the correlation between adolescent friendship and long-term mental health. Researchers at the University of Virginia began tracking 169 high school students from various ethnic and economic backgrounds after adolescents aged 15 to 10 years. They ask questions and conduct detailed interviews to evaluate their feelings about their social anxiety, social acceptance, self-worth and melancholy symptoms.

However, as this study uses its own proprietary method to evaluate the areas of these mental health, these findings are not typical of the general population, and the usual of depression or anxiety It does not meet the diagnostic criteria.

All students were asked to identify their closest friends, and they also had an interview to evaluate the power of their friendship.

To evaluate popularity, researchers asked students to list the highest and lowest ten peers they want to spend their free time. In this case, popularity is measured by students accounting for the highest percentage of "favorite" rankings.

Young people emphasize that "not getting focused on building more intimate relationships, but acquiring or maintaining colleague relationship preferences" is not good in the long run. The authors state that these teenagers may be more interested in positions, short-term compensation and relationships, which are different from reciprocal and positive friendships.

(Neus) - Good news, otaku: According to research published by Children's Development at least on Monday, the popularity of high school can not predict long-term happiness. According to ABC News, 169 high school students who were 10 years old at the age of 15 were tracked in this survey. Researchers have found some excellent high school students.

Even in a new study published last week by Thomas B. Fordham Institute, significant evidence of high school inflation was found. Consistent with last year's survey, the new survey also found that high schools serving wealthy students have more evidence than other high schools. Researchers - Amber M. Northern and Michael J. Petrilli - wrote that the misconception about student achievement is common in American society. They revealed in the 2017 survey that 90% of parents believe that the school 's grades are at or above the grade level.

People try to write down these findings because it only confirms the famous fact that teenagers find all boring. Indeed, many high school students all over the world think school is bored. But according to the OECD survey, American high schools are almost more boring than schools in all other countries. This has been confirmed by a survey of exchange students studying in the U.S. and surveys of young Americans studying abroad. More than half of American high school students studying in other countries have agreed that our school is easier. Objectively speaking, they may be right: American high school students have much less time to study than students in other parts of the world.