American Psychological Association (APA)

IN AMERICA : THE STATE OF OUR NATIONSTRESS IN AMERICA : THE STATE OF OUR NATIONIn August 2017, the American Psychological Association (APA), conducted its annual Stress in AmericaTM survey to investigate Americans relationship with stress how stressed they feel, what keeps them up at night and how they deal with the stress in their lives. The survey was conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of has conducted the annual survey for more than a decade, and money and work have consistently topped the list of stressors. In 2017, however, after adding a question with a list of additional stressors, the survey revealed a common new source of significant stress: the future of our nation. While the public s overall stress level remains the same, on average, compared to last year, Americans are more likely to report symptoms of stress, which include anxiety, anger and fatigue. CONTINUED POLITICAL STRESSThe 2016 presidential election season proved to be a somewhat or very significant source of stress for more than half of Americans (52 percent), as suggested by last year s survey results.

the September 11 terrorist attacks, and high-profile mass ... the effects of stress in this year’s survey than they did in the prior year. For nearly half of Americans (45 percent), lying awake at night in the past month was one stress outcome, as opposed to four in 10 (40 percent) who had .

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