A quarter of students found the 2016 [US election] so traumatic they now report symptoms of PTSD, according to a new study...Researchers surveyed Arizona State University students around the time of President Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017, and some had stress scores on par with that of school shooting witnesses' seven-month follow-ups...Twenty-five percent of the 769 students, who were an even mix of genders and races and socioeconomic backgrounds, reported 'clinically significant' levels of stress...The most severe cases were seen among women, black, and non-white Hispanic students, who were 45 percent more likely to feel distressed by the 2016 run between Trump and Hillary Clinton.
However, some people on Twitter also added:
It’s not parody, but it is truly terrible reporting. The study they wrote about did not diagnose or even screen students surveyed for PTSD- the Daily Mail came up with that all on their own. The study was an analysis of stress levels post election.
Very poor study - shouldn't have been published due to selection bias. Study of only students enrolled in psychology classes. Not at all generalizable to other students, millennials or any other larger population
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