With record levels of loneliness, young men need mentors, research shows

Springtide Research Institute was recently featured by Baptist News Global. 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. Young men desperately need mentors and safe, understanding communities to help overcome the loneliness they are experiencing

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Lonely? Religion and spirituality can help.

In Belonging: Reconnecting America’s Loneliest Generation, our 2020 report that contains responses and reflections from more than 1,000 young people ages 13–25, the findings from prior studies were confirmed: Young people are indeed lonely, perhaps at rates unforeseen by previous generations.  For this report, loneliness was defined as “a persistent

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Interfaith panel shares insights based on new movie

Our newest interfaith panel is 46 minutes of pure wisdom.  Four dynamic women faith leaders gathered to discuss the spiritual and religious themes found in the new film adaptation of Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. This book was originally published in 1970 and has given a

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How to Show Young People You Care

Our data provides a number of insights from young people on mental health as well as practical ways any adult can support young people’s mental health. Two of those core supports are being present and showing care.  Back in 2019, we set out to learn more about the alarming loneliness

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For this Gen X and Gen Z duo, mentorship is mutually beneficial

Springtide Research Institute was recently featured by Employee Benefit News. 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. Morton’s enthusiasm is representative of her generation. Eighty-six percent of young workers are looking for bosses

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Faith in Action: A Pastoral Response to Racial Injustice

Springtide Research Institute was recently featured by Connect Journal in an article written by our 2022-23 BIPOC Research Fellow, Cassandra Ogbevire. You can see an excerpt of her article in part below, but we encourage you to visit their site to read the piece in its entirety. A new report from Springtide

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Resources for caring for LGBTQ+ Young People

At Springtide, we know many members of Gen Z deem the values of authenticity and inclusion as fundamental – they want to show up as their whole selves in every area of life and want others to be able to do that as well. During Pride Month, we’ll be highlighting

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Gen Z and Belief: A Closer Look

One of Springtide’s key aims is to illustrate how young people understand and make meaning in an increasingly complex world. One way we do this is by exploring how young people use religion and spirituality in the meaning making process. We survey thousands of young people annually about their faith

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Three Ways to Support Mental Health for BIPOC Gen Z

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we’ll be sharing tips from our insights from young people on mental health. For our report Navigating Injustice, responses from more than 3,100 young Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) were taken from the 2021 and 2022 State of Religion and Young People

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