Wokeness Linked to Anxiety

The article reports that higher agreement with woke ideas correlates with higher levels of depression and anxiety, while noting causality is unresolved and may run both ways. That empirical association — if robust — reframes debates over campus culture, activism, and mental‑health interventions. — If belief systems associated with social movements are linked to mental‑health outcomes, policymakers and institutions must consider psychological as well as political effects when designing DEI, speech, and campus policies.