Her latest apples-oranges comparisons of surveys and vital statistics, omissions of key data, flawed geographical comparisons, etc. severely understate the crisis
Excellent post! I think that Twenge et al have painted themselves into a corner by insisting that social media is the sole driver of the teen mental health crisis. At most, associations between social media and specific mental health variables are small, which implies that social media only has a small overall influence. I appreciate your calling attention to parental drug/alcohol use as a key contributor. I just finished a two-part series raising concerns about the way Haidt, Twenge, and others treat the data (https://statisfied.substack.com/p/social-media-and-the-mental-health). Details aside, I think your post illustrates that a strong case could be made for alternative explanations involving the parents of "the anxious generation."
Excellent post! I think that Twenge et al have painted themselves into a corner by insisting that social media is the sole driver of the teen mental health crisis. At most, associations between social media and specific mental health variables are small, which implies that social media only has a small overall influence. I appreciate your calling attention to parental drug/alcohol use as a key contributor. I just finished a two-part series raising concerns about the way Haidt, Twenge, and others treat the data (https://statisfied.substack.com/p/social-media-and-the-mental-health). Details aside, I think your post illustrates that a strong case could be made for alternative explanations involving the parents of "the anxious generation."
Well-said as usual, Mike.