So-called Millennials, defined here as American adults ages 18 to 34, reported higher stress levels than their parents and grandparents generations, and more Millennials said that their stress level had increased in the last year. And 52 percent of this age group even said stress had kept them up at night.
Generation Xers stress level was tied with Millennials, both reporting an average level of 5.4 on a 10-point scale, but slightly fewer Gen Xers, those aged 34 to 47, said their stress increased in the past year or was causing them to lose sleep.
It doesnt take much imagination to figure out what young people might be stressing over: For one, the U.S. unemployment rate continues to creep higher, last week edging up to 7.9 percent. Some recent figures from the non-partisan group Generation Opportunity suggest the unemployment rate is even higher among 18- to 29-year-olds, at 11.5 percent, and only half of this age group believe theyll be getting Social Security.
Most of these young people have come out of college or graduate school with horrendous student debt into a job market where there are not very many jobs, Katherine Nordal , executive director for professional practice of the APA, told NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. This has put their life plans probably on hiatus; they may be postponing marriage, postponing having a family.
The APA survey found that 76 percent of Millennials surveyed by the APA say that work is a somewhat or significant stressor, compared to 65 percent of Gen Xers and 62 percent of Boomers. Thats a number that has been ticking upwards -- in the APAs 2009 survey, for example, less than half of Millennials reported work as a somewhat or significant stressor.
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Generation Xers stress level was tied with Millennials, both reporting an average level of 5.4 on a 10-point scale, but slightly fewer Gen Xers, those aged 34 to 47, said their stress increased in the past year or was causing them to lose sleep.
It doesnt take much imagination to figure out what young people might be stressing over: For one, the U.S. unemployment rate continues to creep higher, last week edging up to 7.9 percent. Some recent figures from the non-partisan group Generation Opportunity suggest the unemployment rate is even higher among 18- to 29-year-olds, at 11.5 percent, and only half of this age group believe theyll be getting Social Security.
Most of these young people have come out of college or graduate school with horrendous student debt into a job market where there are not very many jobs, Katherine Nordal , executive director for professional practice of the APA, told NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. This has put their life plans probably on hiatus; they may be postponing marriage, postponing having a family.
The APA survey found that 76 percent of Millennials surveyed by the APA say that work is a somewhat or significant stressor, compared to 65 percent of Gen Xers and 62 percent of Boomers. Thats a number that has been ticking upwards -- in the APAs 2009 survey, for example, less than half of Millennials reported work as a somewhat or significant stressor.
Millennials struggling with stress - Video on NBCNews.com
Millennials are the most stressed-out generation, new survey finds - Vitals
Stressed Out| NBC News
[ame=http://youtu.be/yjQJED6D57w]Millenials Generation At Work - YouTube[/ame]
