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by SpicyLemonZest 2142 days ago
I think this is less informative than the authors are thinking. Their methodology doesn't seem sufficient to distinguish concrete effects of lockdown from general hedonic adaptation. (The fact that suicidal ideation is significantly down is pretty surprising, though.)
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I dunno, it looks like they cover the differences between groups in enough detail.

I was wondering if, for instance the well-being of some people lowered during pandemic, but then the many who's life improved once they received pay to stay home and chill just outweighed all those who were diminished by the pandemic earlier.