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Freshmen Reach New Lows
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esearch Program at the High Education Reasearch
at UCLA
an increase in socializing in online networks. This lack
xplanation for the decline of college students’ selfpent on social networks may indicate how modern
ips founded on the internet, rather than the typical
hen it comes to partying acitivites with students who
ng by almost 40% over the past 25 years.
an indication that
something could be
wrong. It might be
hard to recognize this
kind of shift in someone you hardly know
though, a new dorm
mate for example.
However, while it
might be easier for
others to notice a
friend or peer slipping
away, it’s more difficult to be self-aware
and notice when you
might be isolating
yourself. Without existing knowledge and
skills, some students
just “may not have
the insight to know
‘this isn’t me, this isn’t
who I am, this is the
result of something
else that’s happening to me,’” McCann
said.
Developing these
missing coping skills,
like mindfulness, can
allow students with
a mental disorder to
provide the help they
need for themselves.
In the situation freshmen are in—w