Teenagers in the United States are experiencing higher levels of stress than many adults, USA Today reported.
Posted: Feb 12, 2014 7:25 AM EST Updated: Feb 12, 2014 11:30 AM EST
By FOX News
As a part of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Stress in America survey, more than 1,000 teenagers and 2,000 adults answered questions about their overall stress levels and coping habits. Though the APA has conducted similar surveys in the past, this was the first to focus specifically on stress among teenagers.
Overall, the survey revealed that 27 percent of teenagers reported feeling “extreme stress” during the school year, compared to 20 percent of adults.
While levels of “extreme stress” among teens fell to 13 percent over the summer months, 34 percent of teens surveyed said they expected their stress levels to increase over the next year due to a variety of stressors, including school, work, family and friends.
“The last two years in high school have been the most stressful for me and my friends,” survey participant Hannah Sturgill, 18, of Portsmouth, Ohio told USA Today. “We have to do everything and be perfect for colleges and we have a big workload. Most of the time we talk about how stressed we are.”
Many of the teenagers surveyed said they were suffering from irritability or angriness (40 percent), nervousness or anxiety (36 percent) or depression and sadness (33 percent) because of their stress. Sturgill told USA Today she sometimes skips meals because of high levels of stress.
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Poor babies. SUCK IT UP!
Those video game put a lot stress on our kids and how about the government debt they are going to have to pay off.
First this is self reported stress. Perhaps this “stress” is due to a lack of coping skills due to being shielded from having to face stressful situations for so many years.