Girl and guy get married. Girl likes guy. Guy likes girl. Girl and guy fall in love. Unhappy, girl and guy break up, leaving both depressed and doubting love.
Teenagers know the pain of heartbreak.
It is the disappointment that comes with the realization that your high school sweetheart is not so sweet. In a recent study, researchers have found it is not only a bad breakup that causes depression, but for many teenagers, the actual relationship. Researchers from Cornell University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill surveyed more than 8,000 adolescents, ages 12 to 17, and found teens in relationships are more likely to be depressed than those who are not. The researchers conducted two interviews of each adolescent over a one-year period. To measure the teen's depression levels, the students were asked 11 questions regarding their emotional state during the previous week, including how often had they had felt lonely and sad.