« It is as if adolescents had acquired the idea that it is normal not to go well » – Liberation

It is a dark picture that the one erected by the teenage morale barometer. Directed by our future to all, an impact company engaged on youth issues (1), it shows, for its fourth edition, a disturbing stagnation of the phenomenon of psychological discomfort among young French adolescents, aged 11 to 15 years. Thus, 25 % of respondents are subject to a suspicion of a generalized anxiety disorder, while 45 % are affected by anxiety disorders. Hélène Roques, founder of our future to all, returns to this work, whose results are unveiled this Friday, March 14.

What does this barometer reveal, if we put into perspective the results of this year with those of previous editions?

I decided to create this barometer in 2021, after the covid, to measure discomfort among young adolescents, an age group that is no longer going to the pediatrician but does not necessarily verbalize when it is not well. Of course, this phenomenon existed before the pandemic. And when we publish our first results, in 2021, we tell ourselves that they are not surprising, since we have just crossed the confinements. But what is worrying is that the indicators continue at a high level. There is an awareness of the important of the phenomenon, it is undeniable: we even made