"The trends are stunning in their consistency, breadth and size."Īcross the board, since 2010, anxiety, depression and loneliness have all increased. "Every indicator of mental health and psychological well-being has become more negative among teens and young adults since 2012," Twenge writes in Generations. Unfortunately, all of those mental health problems have continued to rise since Twenge first sounded the alarm six years ago. Not getting enough sleep is a major risk factor for anxiety and depression and self-harm," she explains. "Sleep is absolutely crucial for physical health and for mental health. On its own, sleep deprivation can cause mental health issues. Shots - Health News Teen girls and LGBTQ+ youth plagued by violence and trauma, survey says So less than seven hours is a really serious problem." "Kids in that age group are supposed to sleep nine hours a night. Between 20, the percentage of 10th and 12th graders who slept seven or fewer hours each night rose from a third to nearly one-half. Not surprisingly, all this screen time has cut into many kids' sleep time. "Now, in the most recent data, 22% of 10th grade girls spend seven or more hours a day on social media," Twenge says, which means many teenage girls are doing little else than sleeping, going to school and engaging with social media. By 2022, 95% of teens said they use some social media, and about a third say they use it constantly, a poll from Pew Research Center found. In 2009, only about half of teens used social media every day, Twenge reports. "So these really big changes occur."Īt the same time, around 2012, time on social media began to soar. "It was just like a Black Diamond ski slope straight down," Twenge tells NPR.
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