The declining mental health of the young and the global disappearance of the unhappiness hump shape in age

Across many studies subjective well-being has followed a U-shape in age, declining until people reach middle-age, only to rebound subsequently. Ill-being has followed a mirror-imaged hump-shape. Using graphical and regression analyses of repeat cross-sectional micro-data from the United States and t...

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Published in:PloS one 2025-08, Vol.20 (8), p.e0327858
Main Authors: Blanchflower, David G., Bryson, Alex, Xu, Xiaowei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Aged
Aging - psychology
Analysis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demographic aspects
Engineering and Technology
Female
Happiness
Health aspects
Humans
Longitudinal studies
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental Health - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Older people
People and Places
Psychological aspects
Psychological factors
Quality of life
Regression analysis
Social Sciences
Suicides & suicide attempts
Teenagers
United Kingdom
United States
Well being
Young Adult
Young adults
Youth
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