It is confirmed! Liberals are more likely to suffer from mental health issues than Conservatives

The Institute for Family Studies is not exactly an objective unbiased source.
Institute for Family Studies – Bias and Credibility
Institute for Family Studies - SourceWatch

 

It's pretty obvious to all GC posters.

 

Surprising a think tank dedicated to promoting marriage and family would come to the conclusion that marriage and family make people happier

 

Here they come.
Watch em squirm!!!
Truth hurts.

 

Helpful. Maybe it does have interesting findings.
But know reading it, the survey is sponsored by BYU - Wheatley Institute. A Christian Conservative group.

Their mission statement:
“Accordingly, Wheatley Institute engages students, scholars, thought leaders, and the public in research-supported work that fortifies the core institutions of the family, religion, and constitutional government.”

 

I'm not sure that the survey is completely inaccurate although I do think there is a built in bias since people who identify as political and social conservatives are less likely to admit that they may have mental health problems considering that there is much more of a stigma among to seeking help among conservatives than there is among liberals.
Political conservatives more likely to stigmatize mentally ill people, study finds
Do values and political attitudes affect help-seeking? Exploring reported help-seeking for mental health problems in a general population sample using a milieu framework - PMC
Do conservatives really have better mental health? Perhaps not. – Cooperative Election Study Blog
So, do conservatives have better mental health than liberals? It would appear not. Something else is going on. The stigma surrounding mental health among conservatives and older citizens is likely inflating these groups’ evaluations of their own mental health. Conservatives and those over the age of 55 report significantly more positive evaluations when asked about their mental health compared to their overall mood.
Older people may hold negative views about mental health brought about by stigmas that existed when they were growing up. Older generations grew up with less mental health awareness, and oftentimes mental illnesses were looked down upon. Conservatives may also view mental illness as a sign of weakness. One study found that conservatives were more likely to hold stigmatized views of people with mental illnesses. Thus, in describing their own mental health, conservatives might want to reinforce this separation between themselves and those with mental illnesses. When the prevailing narrative among one’s community or social network portrays mental health struggles as indicative of weakness rather than something that needs to be helped, it makes sense that older people and conservatives would want to downplay their own mental health struggles. Rather than reflect a genuine difference, it appears that the ideological “mental health gap” is driven, at least in part if not entirely, by stigma surrounding the term among those on the right.

Note to moderators this excerpt was from a single paragraph in the source

 

Right, and also self-sorting that people who need help tend to look toward people who provide it.

 

Soviet Union: those who do not agree with the party are mentally ill and must be re educated. You really want to go down that rabbit hole?

 

I think liberalism is a mental health issue.

 

another vote for the re education gulags. How very American of you.

 

Not nearly as severe the mental health issue characterized unquestioning worship of a politician with a clear case of Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
More than 200 health professionals say Trump has ‘malignant narcissism’ in open letter

 

Intelligence is a curse, sometimes its easier to be oblivious.

 

It must be nice to live in the fantasyland where Trump is king, everyone is white, where the air is warmed by glow of burning books, and schools are free fire zones.

 

Which one would you rather try?

 

Well trad wives have to say “satisfied” or they don’t get an allowance.

 

“To report”

You know, as in acknowledging reality.