Devils advocate here, psychology is hard and I don’t have a clue. What if the basis of black/white is more of an institutional thing (such as Santa’s naughty/good list, red vs blue) and less of a “what a child needs”? As in, do we really know for sure that’s how proper development is needed to curb some mental health concerns? If the spectrum of life is more laid out in the fundamentals of development would that really cause the result we are seeing here?
In conclusion, we found that worsening time trends in adolescent internalizing symptoms from approximately 2010 onward diverged by political beliefs and were most severe for female liberal adolescents without a parent with a college degree. (bold by me)
I would imagine (not raised as a female) that the stark contrast of “what” you’re suppose to be (in regards to relationship expectation perpetuated by peers and media - the study used 12th-grade students), with the sudden realization that you must also be a “working person” in a seemingly-crumbling society could be highly impactful. Typically Males can maintain the same course of progression, as from earlier stages of life their “status path” (what society deems acceptable) doesn’t vary as much.
Devils advocate here, psychology is hard and I don’t have a clue. What if the basis of black/white is more of an institutional thing (such as Santa’s naughty/good list, red vs blue) and less of a “what a child needs”? As in, do we really know for sure that’s how proper development is needed to curb some mental health concerns? If the spectrum of life is more laid out in the fundamentals of development would that really cause the result we are seeing here?
I would imagine (not raised as a female) that the stark contrast of “what” you’re suppose to be (in regards to relationship expectation perpetuated by peers and media - the study used 12th-grade students), with the sudden realization that you must also be a “working person” in a seemingly-crumbling society could be highly impactful. Typically Males can maintain the same course of progression, as from earlier stages of life their “status path” (what society deems acceptable) doesn’t vary as much.