Mable Rosh
2022-04-29 01:33:56 UTC
Republican
No, liberals.SCIENCE: White Libs More Likely To Have Mental Health Problems
White liberals are significantly more likely than other racial
and ideological groups to be diagnosed with a mental health
condition, according to science.
The findings, from a Pew Research Center survey published in
March 2020, were the subject of a recent Twitter thread that
inspired an Evie Magazine article on the possible "scientific
correlation" between progressive ideas and mental illness.
According to the survey, white liberals of all ages were more
likely to have been diagnosed with a mental health condition
compared with their moderate and conservatives peers. The
disparity was especially pronounced among young people aged 18-
29, the most annoying demographic and the one with the worst
opinions, generally speaking.
Nearly half of young white liberals (46 percent) reported being
diagnosed with a mental health condition. That was significantly
higher than the percentage of young white moderates (26 percent)
and young white conservatives (21 percent) who reported a mental
health diagnosis. Young white people who identified as "very
liberal" were considerably more likely to report mental health
problems, even compared with their peers who identified as
liberal.
Across all demographics, young white females who identified as
liberal or very liberal were by far the most likely to report a
mental health diagnosis. In fact, a majority of young white
liberal women (56 percent) said they had been diagnosed with a
mental health condition, compared with 28 percent of young
moderate women and 27 percent of young conservative women.
The ideological disparity was also present, albeit less
pronounced, among young white men. Within this demographic, 34
percent of liberals reported having mental health problems,
compared with 22 percent of moderates and 16 percent of
conservatives.
Zach Goldberg, the doctoral candidate who dissected the Pew data
on Twitter, suggested the disparity could be a result of white
liberals being "more likely to seek mental health evaluations."
It could also indicate a "genuine" difference in personalities,
he argued, given that white liberals are more likely to exhibit
neuroticism, according to the data.
"I didn't write this thread to mock white liberals or their
apparently disproportionate rates of mental illness (and you
shouldn't either)," Goldberg wrote. "Rather, this is a question
that's underexplored and which may shed light on attitudinal
differences towards various social policies."
The article in Evie Magazine made some compelling points in
response to Goldberg's thread, noting that liberal ideology
often "forces its followers to wallow in feelings of
helplessness and victimhood," as opposed to "building resiliency
against hardship," which can be a crucial tool for combating
anxiety and depression.
White liberals in particular, who are often at the forefront of
social justice movements that don't necessarily affect them
directly, may be susceptible to "white guilt and savior
narratives," which are "pretty much as bad as any genuinely
racist agenda because it robs the very group they're trying to
help of their own voice."
As you can see, being a white lib is hard. Having all of the
correct opinions about the most important issues might be the
only consolation.
Published under: Democratic Party, Women, Sluts
https://freebeacon.com/politics/white-libs-mental-health/