According to Dr. and Professor Jean Twenge, from San Diego State University in an excerpt from a book called “Girls on the Edge”, She finds a continuous rise in the prevalence of anxiety, with girls consistently and significantly more anxious than boys. Part of the reason, Twenge believes, is a change in our culture, a decline in what she and other psychologist have termed Social Connectedness. “Anxiety increases as social bonds weaken”. “Societies with low levels of integration produce adults prone to anxiety.” After some research, she found that lack of social trust is the highest predictor of anxiety.
Knowing how to connect with each other outside of social media is critical to self-development. Teaching adolescents how to build bonding connections with others in a healthy, positive, cooperative way outside of social media is imperative.