According to the study, loneliness makes young people politically dissassed

Archived version: https://archive.fo/QpD7F.

Edit: This has turned out to be a bit of a dis-ass-ter. The article isn’t very detailed, to say nothing about the translated title. But not all is lost the study can be found here, although in PDF form and it’s all in German.

https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/publikationen/publikation/did/jung-einsam-und-engagiert

Other readings:

https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/publikationen/publikation/did/pov-wahlkampf-eine-analyse-politischer-kurzvideos-auf-tiktok-und-instagram-im-bundestagswahlkampf-2025 (EN: POV: Election Campaign – An Analysis of Political Short Videos on TikTok and Instagram in the 2025 Bundestag Election Campaign)

https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/publikationen/publikation/did/mentalhealthnow-immer-mehr-junge-menschen-leiden-an-psychischen-problemen (EN: MentalHealthNow: More and more young people are suffering from mental health problems)

https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/publikationen/publikation/did/gennow-junges-engagement-fuer-sozialen-wandel (EN: genNow: Young commitment to social change)

https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/our-projects/next-generation-and-society/project-news/a-comparison-of-youth-loneliness-in-europe-in-2024

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