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I sure am glad there aren't confounding factors like wage stagnation or a global pandemic involved.
by nisegami 4y ago
I sure am glad there aren't confounding factors like wage stagnation or a global pandemic involved.
- garbagecoder 4y agoThere are. It turns out some of these people know fancy stats vocabulary too and have thought about it a bit. https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/social-media-mental-illness-epidemic https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/social-media-mental-ill...
- retrac 4y agoThe apparent decline in children's mental health seems to have started in late '00s or early '10s. E.g. here's a study from just before the pandemic making the same conclusion - digital media: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190315110908.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190315110908.h... The decline has occurred in almost all developed countries, as far as I know. This includes countries where wages aren't stagnant and the employment market is solid.