Discussing social and political topics can be challenging, especially in light of widespread disillusionment and polarization. Springtide asked young people what adults can do to make young people feel like they can talk about these topics with the adults in their lives. Between December 2023 and March 2024, Springtide Research
A few weeks ago, Angela and I traveled to California as a part of our ongoing research for Springtide related to how young people thrive in religious organizations. The week before, our site contact informed us that the young person we would be interviewing while we were there identified as
Most campus ministers receive training on how to connect to students, yet Troy Woytek admits that establishing and maintaining those relationships can be challenging.
As Director of Ministry for the Catholic Student Center at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU), Troy, along
Springtide Research Institute is hosting a series of conversations connected to our 2024 research on young people’s political engagement and attitudes, including when and why religious and political beliefs intersect. Below, members of our Springtide Ambassadors Program (SAP)—Akhil, age 16, Lupita, age 17, and Guillermo, age 18, discuss some of
This Mental Health Awareness Month, we focused on the mental health of Latina/o young people. Guided by our BIPOC research fellow, Dr. Kitzia Moreno-Garza, and our Senior Research Associate, Dr. Nabil Tueme, Springtide offered a series of posts, events, and offerings designed to highlight the cultural experiences of Latino/a young
Each year, Springtide offers a BIPOC Fellowship to a social scientist of color (either in training or early career) to learn more about our work studying people under age 25. This year, we’ve had the privilege of working with Dr. Kitzia Moreno-Garza, a clinical psychologist who focuses on children and
For Mental Health Awareness Month, Dr. Kitzia Moreno-Garza, a clinical psychologist who focuses on children and adolescents, shares her experiences in researching and working with Latino/a/é young people. Below is an excerpt of her post that appeared on our Psychology Today blog, Young People Decoded. In the past, many therapists
Springtide Research Institute was recently featured by Psychology Today in an article written by BIPOC Research Fellow and clinical psychologist Dr. Kitzia Moreno-Garza. 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. Stigma in Latiné
Each year, Springtide invites a BIPOC fellow (a social scientist of color in training or in early career) to engage the work we do studying young people under 25. This year, we’ve had the privilege of working with Dr. Kitzia Moreno-Garza, a clinical psychologist who focuses on children and adolescents
Our newest report, The State of Religion & Young People 2023: Exploring the Sacred, presents the ways young people experience the sacred in traditional spaces and throughout day-to-day life. We send our work into the world with a clear narrative on what the data show—and we know that data is