THE CRISIS OF WELL-BEING AMONG YOUNG ADULTS AND THE DECLINE OF RELIGIOSITY

For decades, well-being across adulthood has followed what social scientists call a “U-shaped pattern:” higher well-being in young adulthood, a dip during midlife, and increased well-being in older age. But earlier this year, the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University released troubling findings showing that there has been a complete flattening out of the left side of thi...