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* Ballard J. 2019. ''Millennials are the loneliest generation.'' YouGov. [[https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2019/07/30/loneliness-friendship-new-friends-poll-survey News]] | * Ballard J. 2019. ''Millennials are the loneliest generation.'' YouGov. [[https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2019/07/30/loneliness-friendship-new-friends-poll-survey News]] | ||
* Day C. 2019. ''Americans Have Shifted Dramatically on What Values Matter Most.'' Wall Street Journal. [[https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-have-shifted-dramatically-on-what-values-matter-most-11566738001 News]] | * Day C. 2019. ''Americans Have Shifted Dramatically on What Values Matter Most.'' Wall Street Journal. [[https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-have-shifted-dramatically-on-what-values-matter-most-11566738001 News]] | ||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">41.1% percent of U.S college students report being "moderately or severely depressed"; 6.6% have planned their suicide</span>=== | |||
Duffy et al., (2018) examined two large national datasets in the United States (combined N = 788,239), which included self reports of past-year mood, anxiety levels, nonsuicidal self-injury, and the suicidal thoughts and behaviors of American college students, which utilized data from surveys that were administered from 2007-2018. | |||
They found an very large increase in all negative mental health outcomes and the concomitant negative behaviors involved that were included in the surveys, with some markers doubling over the period of 11 years. It was noted that in both studies, the markers were stable until around 2013, when they suddenly rose sharply. While increases in self-reported depression were higher among the women surveyed, there was a greater increase in reported suicide attempts for the male students sampled (64% increase for male students vs 50% for female students). 41.1% of students were moderately or severely depressed, with 21.1% of them being severely depressed. 34.4% of students had moderate or severe anxiety, and 17.3% had reported self-harm behaviors, with the amount of those reporting these symptoms or behaviors experiencing a large increase since 2007. | |||
Feelings of anger had also increased, with 42.9% of students reporting having experiences "overwhelming anger", versus 37.7% in 2007 (an increase of 13%). | |||
Perhaps most alarmingly, 15.2% of students reported serious suicidal ideation (answering yes to the question “Have you ever seriously considered suicide?"), and the amount that had reported making a plan to commit suicide increased from 1.6% in 2007 to 6.6% in 2018, with indications the amount of suicidal students was continuing to increase. | |||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Quotes:'''</span> | |||
* ''The number of students who were low in flourishing, who were severely depressed, who engaged in intentional self-injury, and who reported making a suicide plan or attempting suicide doubled between 2012 and 2017-2018 (Table 2). Those experiencing moderate to severe anxiety nearly doubled (a 92% increase), as did the number reporting suicidal ideation (an 81% increase).'' | |||
* '' Most indicators were relatively stable until 2013 and then rose sharply.'' | |||
* ''Our findings are robust and troublesome, demonstrating a broad worsening of mental health among U.S. college students over the past decade that is expected to have numerous downstream negative consequences if not addressed.'' | |||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | |||
* Duffy ME, Twenge JM, Joiner TE. 2018. ''Trends in Mood and Anxiety Symptoms and Suicide-Related Outcomes Among U.S. Undergraduates, 2007-2018: Evidence From Two National Surveys.'' Journal of Adolescent Health (2019): 1-9. [[https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(19)30254-X/fulltext Abstract]] | |||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;">Men are more likely than women to commit suicide</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;">Men are more likely than women to commit suicide</span>=== | ||