Comment on Kids with conservative parents are happier
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 8 months agoSorry error on my part, they cited a meta-analysis.
A recent meta-analysis finds that an insecure attachment in early childhood strongly predicts the onset of major depression in childhood and adolescence.
The results—summarized in meta-analyses—are clear: Authoritative parenting predicts fewer mental health problems and delinquent behavior, both at the time of measurement and in the future. Both harsh and overly permissive parenting predicts higher risk of mental health problems and problematic behaviors, as does neglectful parenting.
Usually, I’d look for the evidence, but not today. It’s in the study.
PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Oh, yeah, I read that.
But the meta-analysis didn’t say that conservative people and children to tend to be happier and have fewer issues with mental health. It said that an authoritative parenting style predicts fewer mental health problems and delinquent behavior.
That suggests the questions: Are conservative parents statistically more likely to employ an authoritative parenting style? If yes, then we could conclude that kids of conservatives are less likely to have mental health problems. But that question was neither asked nor answered by anything I’ve read today.
The study is not about happiness. Happiness is defined in the positive, actively having and experiencing a particular feeling or set of them. Thus, a lack of mental health problems, which the study is about, is not happiness.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 8 months ago
That is a large part of happiness.
thefederalist.com/…/research-finds-conservatives-…
From that article
ifstudies.org/…/conservatives-happier-at-home-wor…
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/…/1948550618768241
They have plenty of links in the articles.
It is very well known conservatives are happier than liberals, they give more to charity and have better sex lives.
redstate.com/…/aoc-is-wrong-conservatives-have-be…
PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 8 months ago
For once, I genuinely learned something useful here. The research call it the conservative-liberal happiness gap or the ideological happiness grap, and it’s…it’s true. It exists and is well-documented.
Obvious question is why?
This has rabbit hole potential…
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I explained why but let’s not take my word for it. Let’s look at the research.
realclearscience.com/…/why_are_conservatives_happ…!