How Does Society influence Your Future - by Rohit Dudi (all research/scientific/survey claims Direct links)

Asch conformity experiment (1951): https://scispace.com/papers/effects-of-group-pressure-upon-the-modification-and-4go5lj9r9o Festinger — Social Comparison Theory (1954): https://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~schaller/528Readings/Festinger1954.pdf Peer influence peaks in adolescence (inverted-U / peak ~14): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2779518/ Moving to Opportunity — Neighborhood effects on child outcomes (Chetty et al.): https://opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mto_paper.pdf Family income → brain structure in children (Noble et al. 2015): https://www.nature.com/articles/nn.3983 SES effects on IQ / cognitive development (longitudinal evidence): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4641149/ More than 90% of children breathe polluted air (WHO): https://www.who.int/news/item/29-10-2018-more-than-90-of-the-worlds-children-breathe-toxic-air-every-day Social relationships and mortality risk (meta-analysis — Holt-Lunstad et al. 2010): https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316 Loneliness comparable to smoking ~15 cigarettes/day (Surgeon General / Holt-Lunstad): https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf Loneliness and social isolation → increased CVD and stroke risk: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27091846/ Loneliness associated with higher dementia risk (meta-analyses): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9751343/ Childhood social isolation → long-term adult mental and physical health effects: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/205331 Toxic workplace prevalence and mental health impact (APA surveys): https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2023/07/work-mental-health-challenges Hidden curriculum and institutional conformity (education sociology reviews): https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85129302173&origin=inward Poverty, chronic stress, cortisol, and neurodevelopment pathways: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-022-02178-4 Environmental enrichment increases neurogenesis (animal studies): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11196820/ COVID-19 social isolation effects on youth mental health: https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(20)30337-3/fulltext Loneliness prevalence in adults and global population (CDC/WHO): https://www.cdc.gov/social-connectedness/risk-factors/index.html