A collaboration of researchers at Louisiana State University, University of Missouri, and University of Tennessee found that peer victimization is associated with adverse psychological and behavioral problems, including depression and risky health behaviors such as substance use and unprotected sex with multiple partners. In 2015, approximately one-third of high school students in the US reported having sex recently. Of these, 43 percent had not used a condom, 21 percent had drunk alcohol or used drugs before sexual intercourse, and 14 percent had not used any contraception.
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