Title: Stress in America™ 2020: A National Mental Health Crisis
Headings: Stress in America™ 2020
Stress in America™ 2020
Foreword
Multiple Sources of Stress and Associated Symptoms Overwhelming Americans
Gen Z Stress Amplified as They Face an Uncertain Future
How to Support Gen Z
How to Support Students
While More Intense for Gen Z, Stress and Declining Mental Health Affect Americans Broadly
Parents Report Significant Stress Related to Their Children’s School, Future
How Parents Can Support Their Children
Stress from Work, Financial Disruptions Disproportionately Impacting Lower-Income Americans
How Employers Can Support Workers
Discrimination Rises as Source of Stress, Particularly for People of Color
How People of Color Can Build Resilience
Presidential Election Increasingly a Significant Source of Stress for Americans
Despite Numerous Stressors, Americans Remain Hopeful
Footnotes
Methodology

Content: Thank our youngest generation for the sacrifices they’ve made for the greater good. This includes social involvement that is critical to their development, milestones such as graduations and proms, and even their education. We should acknowledge what they and many others are doing to keep us safe. Sources
Emma Adam, PhD, Northwestern University; Earl Turner, PhD, Pepperdine University
Facing constantly changing circumstances around issues important to them, Gen Z teens (ages 13-17) are struggling with the uncertainty of their own futures, as well. Half (50%) say the pandemic has severely disrupted their plans for the future. A similar proportion (51%) report that the coronavirus pandemic makes planning for their future feel impossible. Challenges in education may contribute to these feelings of disruption and an inability to make plans. The majority of Gen Z teens who are in school (81%) report they have been negatively impacted due to school closures as a result of the pandemic, such as having less motivation to do schoolwork (52%); having less involvement in sports, clubs or other extracurricular activities (49%);