Comments on: Republicans report better mental health… https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/12/04/republicans-report-better-mental-health/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:10:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: jayhuck https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/12/04/republicans-report-better-mental-health/#comment-66904 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:10:08 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/12/04/republicans-report-better-mental-health/#comment-66904 Eddy,

Ooops – I meant SURVEY!

]]> By: jayhuck https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/12/04/republicans-report-better-mental-health/#comment-66903 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:51:52 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/12/04/republicans-report-better-mental-health/#comment-66903 Eddy,

“For all we know, the mental health of both the Democrats and Republicans could be essentially equal; all we really know is that the Republican feel better about theirs.”

That’s all I was trying to say. However, I think it would be more appropriate to say that according to this one study, Republicans feel better about theirs. 🙂

]]> By: Ann https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/12/04/republicans-report-better-mental-health/#comment-66902 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:22:24 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/12/04/republicans-report-better-mental-health/#comment-66902 Romney/Santorum ’08

]]> By: Eddy https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/12/04/republicans-report-better-mental-health/#comment-66901 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:12:41 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/12/04/republicans-report-better-mental-health/#comment-66901 The Republican party didn’t espouse this…these are simply the results of a Gallup Survey. Republicans reported a better sense of mental health; Democrats reported a lesser sense. This article wasn’t about Republicans comparing their mental health to Democrats. Democrats and Republicans alike got the same questions. The comparison of their survey responses yielded the results.

It’s a survey, not a study. It can only provide the comparisons and distinctions; it can’t tell us why those distinctions exist. For all we know, the mental health of both the Democrats and Republicans could be essentially equal; all we really know is that the Republican feel better about theirs.

]]> By: jayhuck https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/12/04/republicans-report-better-mental-health/#comment-66900 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:20:31 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/12/04/republicans-report-better-mental-health/#comment-66900 Nemario –

I’m honestly not sure – It is probably just one of those things you see both political parties saying about each other. I doubt one is necessarily SMARTER than the other – although we’d probably have to come to some definition on the word smart 😉

Personally, I think its just humorous to watch the parties espouse things like this. Even this article about mental health doesn’t tell us if Republicans HAVE better mental health, just that they are REPORTING better mental health. And then we’d have to define what constitutes a Republican – I’m a registered Republican, but I’m “technically” a moderate, and I voted Democrat in the last election 🙂

I try to keep things like this in perspective.

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