Journal of Applied Social Psychology· 2012Q1
Who's Stressed? Distributions of Psychological Stress in the United States in Probability Samples from 1983, 2006, and 2009<sup>1</sup>
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Psychological stress in the US increased from 1983 to 2009, with women, younger adults, and those with lower socioeconomic status consistently reporting higher levels.
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- Psychological stress levels increased between 1983 and 2009 in the US.
- Women, younger adults, and individuals with lower education and income consistently reported higher stress.
- Unemployed individuals experienced high stress, while retired individuals reported low stress.
- The 2008-2009 economic downturn primarily impacted stress levels in middle-aged, college-educated, White men employed full-time.
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Abstract
Psychological stress was assessed in 3 national surveys administered in 1983, 2006, and 2009. In all 3 surveys, stress was higher among women than men; and increased with decreasing age, education, and income. Unemployed persons reported high levels of stress, while the retired reported low levels. All associations were independent of one another and of race/ethnicity. Although minorities generally reported more stress than Whites, these differences lost significance when adjusted for the other demographics. Stress increased little in response to the 2008–2009 economic downturn, except among middle‐aged, college‐educated White men with full‐time employment. These data suggest greater stress‐related health risks among women, younger adults, those of lower socioeconomic status, and men potentially subject to substantial losses of income and wealth.
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