Relationships Between Mental Health Severity and Industrialized/Agrarian Societies

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the correlation between mental health severity and agrarian/industrial societies. The valuableness of the investigation stemmed from discussions with immigrants that migrated to the United States, declaring that they were more content in their developing countries rather than the advanced society posed by the states. The discussions traversed my train of thought, as the lifestyle in ‘subordinate’ countries was expressed as pleasant and freeing, and life in the U.S. was seen as restricting and demoralizing. With a civilized society that has advantages economically, socially, politically, and environmentally, one would initially suggest that the U.S. would reduce an individual’s stress levels while simultaneously increasing their ‘eudaemonia.’ The hypothesis is that mental health is far superior in agrarian communities rather than in industrialized societies, as an abundance of land and fewer manufacturing sites shy away from a conformed environment. The mitigative measures used to evaluate the hypothesis are the countries with the greenest space, highest and lowest mental well-being scores, least and most dependent on fossil fuels, overworked and underworked nations, and those that are the healthiest. The hypothesis was supported as the results showed a direct correlation between lower mental health scores and industrialized communities. In addition, higher mental health scores were associated with agricultural societies.