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on Saturday November 12 2016, @05:03PM
from the it-was-pretty-good-then-too dept.
from the it-was-pretty-good-then-too dept.
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: 2) by VLM on Sunday November 13 2016, @01:09PM
gave them an opportunity to take part in activities that they would not have otherwise been able to do
I'd extend your remarks with a kid who's messed up is likely to become an adult who's messed up so a kid already suffering from mood disorders or whatever is both not likely to be interested in scouts AND likely to end up messed up as an adult.
Another factor probably not accounted for is you're pretty much forced to learn how to make friends and socialized in scouts, not really an introvert org.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Sunday November 13 2016, @03:14PM
Very true, I certainly don't think that youth organisations can fix all of the problems. Equally, we haven't got solutions for many of the problems that exist among adults today, in which case it is unlikely that we can do much to address them in earlier years.
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