Aggressive children tend to become alcoholics as a teenager

Aggressive children tend to become alcoholics as a teenager - Children are less likely to become alcoholics it can be seen from their behavior as a child. Research shows that children who have behavioral problems when aged under five years were more likely to be alcoholics as a teenager.

Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University study used data involving 12 647 participants were observed when they were aged six and 69 months, and by the time they are 15 years old.

Researchers found that children who have bad behavior when he was a toddler is more likely closer to alcohol when they were teenagers. Some of these behaviors, including hyperactivity, childish levels, and aggressive. However, it was not only badly behaved children at risk is close to alcohol as adults. Children who are too happy to socialize too risky.

"Parents should be vigilant about this," said lead researcher Danielle Dick, as reported by the Daily Mail.

Many researchers who observed the use of alcohol in adolescents and more focused on teens and adults. But Dick found teens are not the same as a blank paper. Their behavior certainly has much affected since childhood.

Dick believes this discovery could provide information that parents use to prevent their children close to alcohol. If you find bad behavior in children as a child, parents can take preventive actions so that the child is not related to alcohol or sex as a teenager and adult.