Many believe that adolescence is a passing stage in a person's life. Still, a recent medical study revealed that this period's effects accompany us for a long time, affecting the life span and our physical and mental health.

Researchers from the University of London indicated that what we live in during adolescence is reflected in a later stage of life, turning into psychological anxiety or family instability. It may lead to poor academic standards, unemployment, and a tendency to criminality.

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This study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and researchers monitored how adolescent behavior is a picture of what will happen to him in the future.

The study included 17 samples from a thousand and 415 people born in 1958, and researchers and parents assessed their mental health.

Research samples

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After conducting the evaluation process, the researchers divided the sample into four groups, the first of which is a group that includes individuals who did not suffer from any behavioral disorders, whether in childhood or adolescence.

The second group mainly included those who had a behavioral disorder after reaching the age of sixteen, according to what was reported by the French “Sons Post” website.

And in the third group, those who suffered a behavioral disorder in childhood and then their condition improved after that, meaning that their adolescence was better off.

Meanwhile, the fourth group included people who suffered from behavioral disorders in both childhood and adolescence.

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The results showed that members of the second group (problems during adolescence) and the fourth group (problems in childhood and adolescence) were the worst in terms of health when they became adults, which means that they became more likely to die prematurely. The researchers pointed out that other factors affected individuals, such as gender and weight at birth and smoking of the mother during pregnancy and type of breastfeeding and body mass index.

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