C2-Wednesday, Febranry 27, 1980 - North Shore News

BELLINGHAM STUDY SHOWS

BELLINGHAM, Wash.
(UPD - More than half the
teen-2gers- who engage im
sexnal intercourse do so to
feel more like adults, says a
psychelogist at Western
Washinpton State College —
bat Hf doesn’t work.

George Cverkovich,
whose two-year study in-
volved 273 Bellingham-area
high school sophomores and
jorgers, learned that rather
than upproving the teen-
agers self-concept, sexual
acuity more often leads to
immature behaviour.

“The conseqnences of
sexual debut sugeesied by
cur data are generally on-
destrabiec.~ Cvetkovich said.
“Our results show n0

rmvelved in sex also tend to
lose imierest in school and
are more involved m using
drugs. drinking and

the
were

While boys and gyi may
be adhering to sexual
standards m the same
gumbers, Cvetiovich said u

asnt jor the same reasons.
sai rmtact m the girls’
responses abour why thcy
los them virgmny.

An overwheiming 78 per
cent of the teen-age girts said

they had sex because they

were “rm love.” and 74 per
cem excused ther behaviour
ef the gromads they were.

Bui for the boys. sex as
prumarily a physical ex-

penence. Only 41 per cent
Claimed to be mm love, less
than 30 per cent sand they
were considering marmage.
and more than half sard thev
thonels locme their vergimry
made them feel crown-up
and expenenced.

OLI winning recruits

More than 2,300 acw
registrations were recorded
for the January courses of
B.C.’s newly-esiablished
Open Learning Insiuuie. As
with Sepiember enrotmecats
a greater number of students
enroled from the menor of
the province than from the
more populous coastal

adversely affecting
exrokpent fienres at other
= zit th aad

The Open Learnimg in-
sinute was established by ube
B.C. Mimstry of Edzcation
wn dume of 1978 w affer
bhome-sivndy courses io
Briush Columbians who
cant attend conventonal
INSHIUBORS.

Elis saad OLIFs resources
were hard pressed to meci
the high demand and
enreimeni had 10 be lamrned
m three courses because af

shortages of learning
mater .

Of the approximately
2.400 new. course

were Engish hicrature and
compesinen. psychology.
accounting, introduciory
eleciromcs. and Grade 10
compicnor courses. In ali,
some 38 courses were
available — a namber which
will increase to over SO by
Sepiember 1980.

The Ingh demand for the
january courses reflecis the
wend estabished ia Sep
tember of lasi vear when
OLI launched a piioi project
of three aniversny courses

and foor high school
completion courses.
Persons vishing more

wiformanon 2bDoul Courses ai
the mstnunte can wrne the
Learnmg  Instiutc.
94.000. Richmond.
Voy 2A? a call

Box

Jenny s Macrameé

1091 Roosevelt Cres.

North Vancouver

980-8412

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