斯坦福：Why is social connection so hard for Gen Z?

 

摘錄：

How does social connection affect mental health?

One of the most efficient ways to improve our own well-being is to commune with others. Spending time with friends, helping strangers through volunteering, opening up about our struggles – all increase happiness, decrease stress, and even soften symptoms of depression. It’s ironic that the 2020s have seen a meteoric rise in “self-care,” activities meant to decrease our stress that tend to focus on being alone in nicer ways. There’s nothing at all wrong with caring for ourselves, of course! But flourishing is most often out there, with everyone else. 

完整：https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/03/social-connections-gen-z-research-jamil-zaki