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billh58

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 06:08 PM Oct 2018

Generation Z reported the most mental health problems, and gun violence is the biggest stressor

(CNN) Many members of Generation Z -- young people between 15 and 21 -- have taken more active roles in political activism this year, and a new survey indicates that the state of the nation is to blame for this generation's stress levels.

As gun violence, sexual assault claims and immigration dominate the 2018 news cycle, the American Psychological Association's annual Stress in America survey says that such issues are the main cause of stress among young adults.

The survey, released Tuesday, was conducted among 3,459 people 18 and older, and it included interviews with 300 teenagers ages 15 to 17. It measures attitudes and perception of stress to identify the leading sources of stress among the general public.

School safety is a top concern

Gun violence is the top source of stress across all generations, the survey said. About 75% of Gen Z reported mass shootings as a significant source of stress, and 72% said the same about school shootings.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/health/generation-z-stress-report-trnd/index.html


The demographics are changing with increasing momentum and the need for gun control is becoming more urgent. Common sense regulation of the sale of guns, who can buy them, and where they can be carried is finally within reach.

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Generation Z reported the most mental health problems, and gun violence is the biggest stressor (Original Post) billh58 Oct 2018 OP
This is the generation that will be the death of the NRA RainCaster Oct 2018 #1

RainCaster

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1. This is the generation that will be the death of the NRA
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 07:44 PM
Oct 2018

They are so much stronger that anyone realized

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