Teenage Relationships

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Psychology

TEENAGE

RELATIONSHIPS

BY:-

Abdur Rehman Saleemi

Yusra Shahid Khan

Zunaira Rafi


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Acknowledgement

We are thankful to all the participants for lending us their time to fill out our

questionnaire with their honest opinions and also our respected teacher,

Mrs. Nadia Ayub for providing us with all the help we needed to successfully

complete our research.

We also carry out our thanks to our institution, the Institute of Business

Management , School Of Leadership Karachi, Park Towers Management for

handing us the opportunity and permission to conduct our survey.

We hope that the results that our research has produced would be helpful in

different institutions, organizations and the general public.


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Table of Content

Executive Summary ........................................................................................... 4

Intoduction ....................................................................................................... 5

Methodology .................................................................................................... 7

Results .............................................................................................................. 9

Discussion ....................................................................................................... 13

Conclusion....................................................................................................... 14

Appendix (A) ................................................................................................... 15

Appendix (B)....................................................................................................24


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Executive Summary

The following research was conducted to st udy the teenagerelationships. Teenage is that phase of life, when one tries todiscover life and makes attempts to unfold the mysteries of life or it could be said that a teenager finds himself/herself trapped in thiscomplex world. The Teenage Love Relationship deals with the

relationship of love that exists between the teenage groups. Inschools, the teenagers usually make friends easily and therefore thereremains the chance for a young boy/girl to get easily involved in arelationship.

In most cases it has been observed that the teenage love that does not last a lifetime but it is said that the love that one experiences as a

teenager helps her/him choose the right partner in the future.


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INTRODUCTIONSooner or later your teen is going to discover the opposit e sex. If youre lucky, it willcome later, so they can enjoy childhood a little while longer, but it will inevitably come.

And with it there will be all the problems of rejection, first love, romance, break up andfinding someone new. Its an adventure, but for them one thats especially steeped inemotion as their hormones fly all over the place. Relationships are at the heart of ateenager's life. Friends become a primary focus for teens and intimate relationshipsbegin to bloom.

Teenage relationships are often rocky. This can be attributed to two major factors:teenage dating abuse, which is on the rise, and the fact that teenagers are naturallyvolatile, which can add to the drama or trauma of teen dating. Dating for teens is more

stressful than when adults date because teenagers are emotional and moody. Theytend to become hyper-focused on one aspect of the relationship, and a dangeroussituation may arise. Every relationship brings together at least two sets of opinions,morals, values and beliefs.

Relationships take time, energy, and care to make them healthy. The relationships thatyou make in your teen years will be a special part of your life and will teach you some ofthe most important lessons about who you are. The great beauty of teen relationships isthat they help you to grow. If youre lucky, your relationships will grow with you andbecome a static force in your life.

Teen relationships can be highly intense. Some kids feel as though they have met theirsoul mate at the age of 14, only to move on to find their next soul mates six monthslater. Because teenagers live in the very intense, very confusing world between almostgrown up and grown up, their feelings can often be confusing as they are exciting.


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Reference:Todays teens face strong pressures to date as well as get involved in a serious relationship

(Teenage Research Unlimited, 2006). Although most romantic relationships last less than 5 months

among 12 to 14 year-olds, by age 16 relationships last an average of 2 years (Berk, 2005). In theearly teen years dating is more superficial for fun, status among peers, and exploring sexuality. Inthe older teen years youth are looking for intimacy, companionship, affection, and social support.

Having a secure view of friendship is positively related to teens security in their romantic

relationships (Berk, 2005). In other words, parents influence the quality of teens friendships and

dating relationships.

As long as dating doesnt start too early in the adolescent years, dating i s a way to learn (Berk,

2005):cooperation skillssocially appropriate behaviorinterdependencecompromiseempathyintimacysensitivity.

Although most adolescent romantic relationships do not last long (most teens are still forming their

identities), first romances are practice for more mature bonds in adulthood. In fact, warm and caring

romantic relationships in the teen years tend to lead to satisfying, committed relationships in early

adulthood (Berk, 2005).

The dark side of dating in the teen years is that it can put youth at risk. Frequent dating in early

adolescence is linked with adolescent risk behaviors such as school failure, drug use, anddelinquency. Also, a teens chance of involvement in dating violence increases if he or she has

experienced abusive family relationships as well as frequent, early dating and/or sexual involvement.

A portion of teens face the dangers of dating violence. For example, in a representative poll of over

1,000 teens (13-18 years-old) (Teenage Research Unlimited, 2006):About half (49%) of 16- to 18- year- olds have been seriously involved in a relationship. 24% felt pressure to date and 14% said they would do almost anything to keep a boyfriend orgirlfriend.61% of teens who had been in a relationship stated they had a boyfriend/girlfriend who made themfeel bad or embarrassed about themselves. 15% have been hit, slapped, or pushed by a boyfriend or girlfriend and 25% of those in a seriousrelationship were hit, slapped, or pushed. One-third (33%) of 16-18 year- olds said sex is expected of people their age who are in arelationship about the same portion (31%) of teens who have been in a serious relationshipagreed with this statement.

Source: http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu


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METHODOLOGY

SAMPLE:

The sample for this research consisted of 80 participants of whom 43 were males

and 37 were females. The age group we targeted for this research was 16-24.

MEASURE:

The research was conducted through questionnaires. A lot of work was done to

prepare the questionnaire and questions were set up according to the latest

research articles. The questionnaire consisted of 15 Questions .

PROCEDURE:

The questionnaires were divided among 4 investigators. We first asked the

participants to carefully go through the informed consent form and sign it if they

wished to continue. After which they had to fill the required demographic

information. The data for the research was collected in around 3 days through

questionnaires. Each principal investigator had to get their share of questionnaires

filled.

After all the data had been collected, each investigator evaluated the data he had

collected and then the evaluated data was compiled together to compute the final

results.


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RESULTS

S.NO QUESTIONSLittleorNone

Somewhat A lot Awholelot

themos!

1 How much does this person teach you things that you don'tknow?

10% 32% 31% 9% 18%

2How much do you talk about everything with this person?

2% 18% 28% 16% 36%

3 How often does this person say mean or harsh things toyou?

31% 36% 18% 5% 10%

4 How sure are you that this relationship will last in spite of fights?

20% 31% 25% 5% 19%

5 How much do you and this person get upset with or mad at

each other?

16% 17% 33% 21% 13%

6How much do you take care of this person?

0% 17% 20% 25% 38%

7How much does this person like or love you?

2% 10% 28% 26% 34%

8 How much does this person treat you like youre admiredand respected?

0% 15% 25% 17% 43%

9 How much do you talk to this person about things that youdont want others to know?

5% 7% 33% 15% 40%

10 How much do you and this person get annoyed with eachothers behavior?

14% 27% 23% 16% 20%

11 How often does this person help you when you need to getsomething done? 5% 30% 20% 20% 25%

12 How sure are you that this relationship will last no matterwhat?

17% 19% 22% 19% 23%

13 How often does this person point out your faults or put youdown?

11% 17% 31% 23% 18%

14How much do you protect and look out for this person?

0% 12% 28% 30% 30%

15 How much do you and this person get on each othersnerves?

16% 22% 25% 14% 23%


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Discussion

The aim of this study was to prove our hypothesis with the help of consumers today. Toensure if they are aware of companys influence on consumers through their persuasive

advertisements and whether they agree if such companys policies are justified or

whether they are against human ethics.

Our questions were structured in a manner so as to cover various aspects of

advertisements and its influence on consumers.

After the completion of the survey, we found that among billboards, television, radio and

advertisements on internet, television is t he most influential form of media. Specifically40% of consumers are mostly persuaded through television advertisements.

Furthermore, we found that celebrity endorsement in advertisements does not play a

key role in influencing consumers. Majority of the consumers declared to be neutral

towards advertisements containing celebrities. However, majority of the consumers

agreed to the fact that Companies do manipulate the co nsumers Psyche in order to boost

their sales.

Interestingly, almost 70% of consumers are repelled from advertisements which havestarted to occur repeatedly between live matches and programs.

We were very much intrigued by the fact that consumers today are not easily manipulated

since they were able to identify advertisements which do not match reality such as Axe,

Red Bull, Shampoos and various Cosmetics.

A disappointing result was that majority of the consumers do fall for Psychological

pricing. Another Key Question which has been an issue in the Marketing industry since

quite some time is whether Advertisements portraying dangerous stunts influence todays

youth in a negative manner? And we found that a great deal of consumers agreed to it and

are willing to protest for it since it has caused a significant damage to the society.


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STATISTICS

Questionaire Statistics

Male54%

Female46%

No. of Males andFemales

16-1810%

19-2155%

22-2435%

Age Group

16-1819-21

22-24

University Year (Analysis Count)28

16

24

12

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

University years

1st Year2nd Year3rd Year4th Year


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Conclusion


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APPENDIX (A)

INFORMED CONSENT FORMTITLE OF STUDY : TEENAGE RELATIONSHIPS

PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR : Abdur Rehman Saleemi, Yusra Shahid Khan,

Zunairah Rafi

INSTITUTE : INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION : We are from IOBM and doing a research on TEENAGE RELATIONSHIPS. I wouldlike to invite you to join this research study.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION : The meaning of a relationship is the state of beingconnected or related to someone. It can be association by blood or marriage. Buthere we are discussing about the connection or association to another sex.

PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH STUDY : The purpose of our research study is to knownabout your attitude towards the above mentioned relationships. Relationships have becomereally common these days .our teenagers are getting into relationships by getting influencedby west. Our basics emphasizes is on the needs and effects of relationships.

POSSIBLE RISKS OR BENEFITS : There is no risk involved in this study except your valuabletime. There is no direct benefit to you also. However the result of the study may help us toformulate guidelines related to our topic.

RIGHT OF REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE & WITH DRAWAL : You are free to choose toparticipate in the study , you may refuse to participate without any loss or benefit which youotherwise entitled to. You may also with draw any time from the study without any adverseeffect .You may also refuse to answer some or all questions if you don t feel comfortable withthose questions.

CONFIDENTIALLY: The information provided by you will remain confidential. Nobody exceptprincipal investigator will have to access to it. Your name & identity will also not be discussedanytime.

AUTHORIZATION : I have read and understand this consent form and I volunteer toparticipate in this research study .

Participant signature : Principal investigator signature :


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QUESTIONNAIRE


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APPENDIX (B)

How much does this person teach you

things that you don't know?

Little orNone10%

Some What32%

Alot31%

A Whole Lot9%

The Most18%

Little or NoneSome WhatAlotA Whole LotThe Most

How much do you talk about everything with this person?

Little or None

2%

Some What18%

Alot28%

A Whole Lot16%

The Most36%



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How often does this person say mean orharsh things to you?

Little or None31%

Some What36%

Alot18%

A Whole Lot5% The Most

10%


How sure are you that this relationship willlast in spite of fights?

Little or None20%

Some What31%Alot

25%

A Whole Lot5%

The Most

19%Little or NoneSome WhatAlotA Whole LotThe Most


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How much do you and this person get upset with or mad at each other?

Little or None16%

Some What17%

Alot33%

A Whole Lot21%

The Most13%


How much do you take care of this person?Little or None

0%

Some What17%

Alot20%

A Whole Lot25%

The Most38%



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How much does this person like or love you?

Little or None2%

SomeWhat10%

Alot28%

A Whole Lot26%

The Most34%


How much does this person treat you like youre admired and respected?

Little or None0%

Some What

15%

Alot25%

A Whole Lot17%

The Most43%



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How much do you talk to this personabout things that you dont want others toknow?

Little or None5%

Some What7%

Alot33%

A WholeLot

15%

The Most40%

Little or NoneSome WhatAlotA Whole Lot

The Most

How much do you and this person getannoyed with each others behavior?

Little or None14%

Some What27%

Alot23%

A Whole Lot16%

The Most20%



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How often does this person help you when you need to get something done?

Little or None5%

Some What30%

Alot

20%

A Whole Lot20%

The Most25% Little or None

Some WhatAlotA Whole Lot

The Most

How sure are you that this relationship willlast no matter what?

Little or None17%

Some What19%

Alot22%

A Whole Lot19%

The Most23%Little or NoneSome WhatAlotA Whole LotThe Most


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How often does this person point out yourfaults or put you down?

Little orNone11%

Some What17%

Alot31%

A Whole Lot23%

The Most18%


How much do you protect and look out forthis person?

Little or None0%

Some What

12%

Alot28%

A Whole Lot30%

The Most30% Little or None

Some WhatAlotA Whole LotThe Most


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How much do you and this person get oneach others nerves?

Little or None16%

Some What22%

Alot25%

A Whole Lot14%

The Most23%



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