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Scouts and Guides Provide 'Mental Health Boost for Life'

posted by janrinok on Saturday November 12 2016, @05:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the it-was-pretty-good-then-too dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

People who were in the scouts or guides in childhood have better mental health in later life, a study suggests.

Analysis of a study of 10,000 people found ex-members were 15% less likely than other adults to suffer anxiety or mood disorders at the age of 50.

Researchers believe it could be the lessons in resilience and resolve that such organisations offer that has a lasting positive impact.

The researchers were from Edinburgh and Glasgow universities.

They looked at data from a lifelong study of almost 10,000 people from across the UK who were born in November 1958, known as the National Child Development Study.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 13 2016, @07:05AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 13 2016, @07:05AM (#426211)

    That's because scouts come from Christian families from backgrounds ranging from middle-class suburban to wealthy. Of course they're gonna have good mental health, they don't have to worry about how much longer their family can afford that apartment or being beaten up at school or on the streets for being "too nerdy" or a "goodie-goodie two-shoes."

    And they don't have to worry about the bleak dark realities of the universe because they are told it is all run by a magic sky fairy with happy bunnies and rainbows. And since scouting is usually religious based, they reinforce that BS. And for some bizarre reason they are still considered to be in "good mental health".