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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So the actual title should be 38% of Gen Z have an anxiety disorder. Which is only a bit higher than the total population.

According to large population-based surveys, up to 33.7% of the population are affected by an anxiety disorder during their lifetime. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4610617/

During their lifetime, so not that 33.7% of the population are affected by anxiety disorder right now. The study about Gen Z seems to be talking about the "right now" figure.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

That's true. From the same study that gave the 33.7% lifetime prevalence, they have 21.3% annual prevalence (those who experienced the disorder in the 12 months before the survey.)

There was no point prevalence (right now) on the study. So maybe it would be lower?

But the study from the article with the 38% figure provides no peer reviewed research. They are a data management firm that conducted a survey.

The other stats come from actual research with stringent methodologies with a much larger sample (9000 compared to 1000 for the data firm).

I think the point is unless they had done the same survey at a population level to compare the numbers between Gen Z and the whole population, there's no way of knowing if 38% is high or not. Never mind that the article posted here says 60%, which is completely wrong.