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New Meta and Gallup research finds that most people worldwide feel connected to others, but not always to the same degree.
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According to a Gallup survey, strong parent-teen bonds have a greater impact on teen mental health than social media usage.
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Learn how social connections vary across different geographic regions.
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A new Meta and Gallup report shows young people in seven countries across the world feel supported by others. When they need support, they most frequently seek in-person interactions, often using technology as a supplement.
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U.S. teens average nearly five hours a day on social media. Personality traits and parental restrictions greatly affect teen social media usage patterns.
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Americans commonly use social media platforms and hold accounts with the most popular ones, though they infrequently post their own content.
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A new study by Gallup and Meta helps fill the data gap in what the world knows about how connected people feel and how they connect with others.
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Download the Meta-Gallup State of Social Connections report
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A new UNICEF study reveals new insights into the changing nature of childhood, including how young people are staying informed and the institutions they trust.
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Billions worldwide are helping others.
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Some Americans may literally define the "working class" as those who are working, rather than as a position in the socioeconomic hierarchy.
News flash: Your team's chats around the water cooler aren't necessarily time wasters. Gallup research shows that socializing is good for your employees' well-being -- and your company's performance.
Many companies apply a mass marketing approach to social media. They launch Facebook pages or have their CEOs tweet brand-friendly messages -- assuming that all social networkers are the same. They're not.
Recent Gallup research debunks significant myths regarding social media: that it helps companies efficiently acquire customers, that social networkers are all the same, and that social networking is an online-only phenomenon.
Misery may love company, but is the opposite true? Does well-being love company? More specifically, does living in a household with someone who has high well-being boost your chances of having high well-being? Gallup researchers probed these questions.
Social connections explain a lot -- from why some teams excel to why, when a husband comes home crabby, his wife soon becomes cranky too. That begs the question: What would social connections do for business if executives used them on purpose?
Gallup researchers have found that Social Well-Being -- having strong relationships and love in your life -- is vital to your health, happiness, and even to your productivity at work. The authors of Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements explain why.
Contrary to their every instinct, managers should actually encourage their workers to chit-chat, to gather around the water cooler.