Teen Virgins Are Healthier, Says CDC
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has found that students who have never had sex rate significantly and consistently better in nearly all health-related behaviors than sexually active peers.
The report examined a large array of health behaviors of high school students according to their self-reported sexual activity, including dating violence to substance abuse, to drunk driving, to carrying weapons. The major conclusion from the report is quite stark:
- Virgin students rate significantly and consistently better in nearly all health-related behaviors than their sexually active peers. They do so by remarkably stunning measures.
Just one more piece of evidence that waiting to […]
How the Internet Has Changed Bullying
By Maria Konnikova
Courtesy of The New Yorker
This summer, American Psychologist, the official journal of the American Psychological Association, released a special issue on the topic of bullying and victimization. Bullying is, presumably, as old as humanity, but research into it is relatively young: in 1997, when Susan Swearer, one of the issue’s two editors, first started studying the problem, she was one of the first researchers in the United States to do so. Back then, only four states had official statutes against bullying behavior, and the […]
11 Ways To Stay Motivated & Focused To Achieve Your Goals
By TORIA SHEFFIELD
Courtesy of Bustle.com
Achieving our goals is seldom easy. It’s why knowing how to stay motivated is so incredibly important when it comes to getting what we want in the long term. And in a world with more distractions than ever before — from non-stop web access to constant texting — it can be all the harder to stay focussed and not just give in to what’s easier in the moment.
I’ve often struggled with motivation, whether it’s been related to my career, my health, […]
Goal-Setting Is Linked to Higher Achievement
Five research-based ways to help children and teens attain their goals.
By Marilyn Price-Mitchell Ph.D.
Courtesy of Psychology Today
If you are an employed adult, you know that most organizations have written goals and objectives. That’s because goal-setting is a common practice in the workplace; and for good reasons. Written goals provide a road map by which employees can measure their efforts and see how they contribute to the success of work teams and ultimately, to their companies.
In the same […]
13 Things You Should Give Up If You Want To Be Successful
By Zdravko Cvijetic
Courtesy of Medium.com
Somebody once told me the definition of hell: “On your last day on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become.” — Anonymous
Sometimes, to become successful and get closer to the person we can become, we don’t need to add more things — we need to give up on some of them.
There are certain things that are universal, which will make you successful if you give up on them, even though each one of us could have a different definition of success.
You can give […]