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In the News: To effectively mentor younger employees in remote or hybrid setups, companies need to be intentional and build trust, experts say

Springtide August 2, 2022

Springtide Research Institute was recently featured by HR Brew. This article is reprinted in part below, but we encourage you to visit their site to read the piece in its entirety. Younger workers—specifically Gen Z, who are those born between 1997 and 2012, according to Pew Research Center—seem to crave mentorship: According

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Voices of Young People Podcast: Gen Z and Purpose

Springtide August 2, 2022

The Voices of Young People Podcast is a digital space where we listen directly to young people as they respond to our research and share about the issues impacting their lives. Season 7 coincides with our Springtide Series on Mental Health and features 16 young people discussing where they get

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How Campus Ministry Created a Sense of Belonging

Hannah Turner July 21, 2022

Many young people are lonely, which Springtide defines as a persistent state of being in which a person feels isolated, unsupported, and without close friends. Nearly 40 percent of the young people we surveyed for our report Belonging: Reconnecting America’s Loneliest Generation say they have no one to talk to and

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Four Ways to Show Gen Z You Care

Springtide July 21, 2022

Cultivating any relationship takes time and effort, but showing care for a young person requires a precise type of support. Young people want to be noticed, named, and known, and adults can meet that need by relating to them in a way that helps build trust from the start. Read

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A Mental Health & Gen Z Conversation with Chris, 20 & Zineb, 24

Springtide July 20, 2022

Hear Chris, 20, in GA talk with Zineb, 24, in OH about their perceptions and experiences surrounding Gen Z and mental health. Season 7 coincides with our Springtide Series on Mental Health and features 16 young people discussing where they get messages about mental health, the people they turn to

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Three Ways I Found Purpose

Lauren Scott July 19, 2022

For many of us, purpose equals motivation. For Gen Z, this is especially true—our surveys and interviews with young people show a significant tie between purpose and mental wellness. As young people navigate their own beliefs, values, and personal meaning in life, they often seek out experiences and practices to

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How does Gen Z use faith to cope with anxiety?

Springtide July 11, 2022

It’s no secret that everyone deals with stress, yet Gen Zers may be especially susceptible to stress and the anxiety and uncertainty that comes along with it. Data gathered in our report Belonging: Reconnecting America’s Loneliest Generation, show more than half the young people we surveyed experience multiple stressors. Two-thirds

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