Many people during their high school or college years “These are the best years of your life” There are many people who say: According to a new study, young people Are these my best years?They are absolutely right to ask that, new research shows the most unhappy segment young people now.

from Dartmouth University Professor David Blanchflower and his team combined more than 600 previous studies in their research. This study shows that the so-called ‘U-shaped’ happiness curve of life is changing.

Midlife crisis replaced by teenage crisis

Generally speaking, both in previously studied human societies and in in animal associations The happiness curve was U-shaped. In other words, people started out happy, their happiness declined until middle age, and then rose again. According to new research, happiness now runs more like an inverted L. Teens and young adults are the unhappiest group.

Although this situation was first discovered in America, Blanchflower and his team show that the problem is widespread, from Australia to Zimbabwe. Scientists, who have collected data from 80 countries, have so far examined 43 countries and revealed that the same situation existed in these countries.

One of the young adults who participated in the study may have been able to sum up the root of the problem with a comment he made: “I have nothing but a smartphone.”

The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, was featured on SSRN.