In response to the newfound realities of social distancing, including remote learning for students and working from home for many young professionals, Springtide™ Research Institute launched the At Home Creativity Campaign. This Spring 2020 campaign invited young people ages 13 to 25 in the United States to submit creative works
College students are lonely, isolated, and disconnected–but our research shows how to help young people feel like they belong. As a college professor, I’ve seen firsthand these past few weeks how normal education has been upended. Classes have been cancelled, students sent home, instruction moved online. Students feel this impact in
Loneliness and social isolation among young people at threatening levels before COVID-19 I know that it may seem too early to be talking about an emerging threat when many of us, myself included, are hunkered down with stay-at-home orders due to Covid-19. The health consequences of coronavirus are troubling and heartbreaking. But there is something else
Image caption: Sydney Catholic and Antioch Youth member Nikita D’Souza (front right) with her mother Niliya, father Nelson and sister Nireeksha before a Divine Mercy image at the Shrine of Holy Innocents in Kellyville. PHOTO: Supplied (Marilyn Rodrigues, Catholic Weekly, April 22, 2020) Young adults say faith is growing despite
Springtide Research Institute was recently featured in Aleteia. This article, Over a third of young adults see increase in faith since pandemic, survey finds by John Burger, is reprinted in part below, but we encourage you to visit their site to read the piece in its entirety. A third of young adults responding to a
Springtide Research Institute was recently featured in Crux. This article, Study finds young strong in faith amid virus, but increasingly lonely by Christopher White, is reprinted in part below, but we encourage you to visit their site to read the piece in its entirety. NEW YORK – A new study finds that while young people are
Dr. Josh Packard joined youth pastor and host Josh McLemore for the Church Hurts podcast for a conversation exploring Springtide’s 2020 research from Belonging: Reconnecting America’s Loneliest Generation. Gen Z is the loneliest generation—the most connected but the most lonely—and church attendance barely moves the needle on these numbers. Packard and McLemore also
A new survey by Springtide Research Institute found that for many young adults, shelter-in-place and social distancing provokes fear and uncertainty, leading to increased levels of isolation, loneliness, and anxiety. The survey found that the single most important way to mitigate loneliness is for trusted adults to reach out and connect. Read
Findings suggest ways faith leaders can facilitate belonging and mitigate loneliness in young people A new survey by Springtide Research Institute found that for many young adults, shelter in place and social distancing provokes fear and uncertainty, leading to increased levels of isolation, loneliness, and anxiety. The survey found that
The new Springtide Research Institute is working to better understand young people, ages 13 to 25, through several efforts. Springtide, which launched in 2019, is dedicated to understanding the distinct ways new generations experience and express community, identity and meaning. Springtide released its inaugural report in late March, Belonging: Reconnecting America’s Loneliest Generation. The research-based report shows the levels of loneliness, social isolation