Why Gen Z is Feeling So Stressed, with Emma Adam, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

Kim Mills

Health & Fitness, Life Sciences, Science, Mental Health

4.3 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

More than one-third of young adults ages 18 to 23--the older members of Gen Z--said that their mental health was worse right now than at the same time last year, according to APA's Stress in America survey. That's a higher number than any other age group. Emma Adam, PhD, a developmental psychologist at Northwestern University, discusses why the stresses of 2020 are hitting young adults so hard, why the pandemic's effects on teen stress seem to be more mixed, and how stress may affect this generation's health and development. Music Used in this Episode "Expressions of the Mind" by ShadyDave via freesound.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.6	Everyone is stressed these days, but young people are feeling the stress of 2020 most acutely.
0:36.9	In a survey conducted by the Harris Poll for the American Psychological Association,
0:41.3	more than one-third of young adults ages 18 to 23, also known as Generation Z,
0:47.3	said that their mental health was worse now than it was at the same time last year.
0:52.3	That compares with just 19% of millennials,
0:56.2	21% of Gen Xers, 12% of baby boomers,
1:00.3	and 8% of older adults who felt that their mental health
1:03.8	had gone downhill since last year.
1:06.5	Why are the stresses of 2020 hitting young people so hard?
1:10.7	And how will that affect them both now and in the long term? Why are the stresses of 2020 hitting young people so hard?
1:10.8	And how will that affect them both now and in the long term?
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