Is there a link between R-Rated Movies and Underage Drinking?
A recent study out of Dartmouth Medical School finds a possible link between underage drinking and watching R-Rated movies. The study, which sampled 3,600 New England Middle School students and followed up on them two years later, looked at whether or not those who watched R-rated movies when they were younger were more likely to drink, smoke, enagage in promiscuous sex, or other risky behaviors when they were older. Their findings concluded that nearly a quarter of children whose parents allowed them to watch R-rated movies frequently tried alcohol without their parents knowledge, 19 percent of those who were sometimes allowed to watch R-rated movies started drinking, and 3 percent of those who were never allowed to watch the movies had started drinking. The students were questioned 13-26 months after the initial survey. The researchers involved in the study did write a release saying that more research was needed, as the sample group was all from a regional area, and were predominate