Liberal Girls’ Depression Rose Fastest

Updated: 2025.09.10 1M ago 1 sources
A national study (2005–2018) shows adolescent depressive symptoms climbed for everyone after 2010, but rose most among liberal girls, especially when parents had low education. Trends diverged by ideology, sex, and class on multiple internalizing measures. — This sharpens the youth‑mental‑health debate by identifying which ideological and demographic subgroups are most affected, guiding research and interventions.

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The politics of depression in young adults
Tyler Cowen 2025.09.10 100% relevant
Findings from Catherine Gimbrone et al.: interaction b=0.17 (95% CI: 0.01–0.32) and highest mean scores for female liberal adolescents with low parental education, 2010–2018.
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