College freshmen are spending less time with friends than ever, a survey released Thursday shows, a shift that experts say may reflect declining mental health.
The University of California, Los Angeles, Cooperative Institutional Research Program’s annual survey shows that incoming students in 2014 reported the lowest level of self-rated emotional health since the survey began 49 years ago. The survey included responses from 153,015 first-time, full-time students at 227 colleges and universities.
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“On the one hand, it’s good students may not be drinking so much in high school,” Eagan said. “But what does it mean when students have no prior experience with alcohol in high school, and there’s more opportunities to drink in college?”
