Springtide Research Institute was recently featured by Psychology Today. You can see an excerpt of this article in part below, but we encourage you to visit their site to read the piece in its entirety. Ask any 40-something person about social media, and they’ll tell you the same thing: “I’m just
While COVID-19 still looms in the background, many of us experienced a full year of a “new normal” in 2022 – and holiday celebrations with friends and loved ones will be in full swing this month. The Springtide Team was asked what the best gift 2022 gave them, and here’s
When Springtide collected data at the two-year mark of the pandemic, nearly half of the young people (47%) we surveyed said that they were moderately or extremely depressed, while over half of young people said they were moderately or extremely anxious (55%) or moderately or extremely stressed (57%). As we
Of the almost 10,000 young people ages 13-25 we surveyed for the 2022 State of Religion & Young People: Mental Health report, more than 75% say they use social media at least three hours a day of that group, 44% say they use it at least five hours a day.
Springtide interviews young people from a variety of backgrounds and demographics for our studies, and as you might guess, our religious and spiritual lives can be influenced by where we grow up, who we grow up around and how we identify. Our 2022 report, The State of Religion and Young
Gen Z may not fill seats at weekend religious services, but that doesn’t mean they don’t believe in the higher power on which many of those services are focused. A large majority of young people surveyed for our 2022 State of Religion and Young People report say they have a
A question we frequently hear at Springtide is “why don’t young people want to come to church?” Our data does show many young people don’t attend religious services regularly, that doesn’t mean they don’t consider themselves religious or spiritual. In fact, 68% of the young people we surveyed in 2022
Pandemic concerns might be fading, but money woes related to inflation may keep holiday gatherings smaller than expected this year – one in five Americans say they’re staying home this year due to tight budgets and concerns about travel disruptions. Yet, no matter how many end up sitting around your
At our recent Conference on Mental Health, Religion and Gen Z, a participant asked the question “What about Generation Alpha?” Generation Alpha is the generation following Gen Z – they’re born between 2010 and 2024. While here at Springtide, we study the religious and spiritual lives of those 13-25, the
Gen Z often gets a bad rap for being flighty, non-committal, etc., yet all young people (regardless of generation) undergo a shift from parental oversight to self-management that can make them seem less than responsible. Springtide’s research on Gen Z shows that accountability matters – both for themselves and for