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APA Holiday Stress poll finds pandemic adding to the pressure
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.33052
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , anxiety , ethnic group , psychology , advertising , demography , medicine , political science , sociology , psychiatry , business , law , virology , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Although holiday stress and anxiety are commonplace this season, emotions continue to run high, especially due to the pandemic. A new holiday poll released by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has found that Hispanic adults are more likely than adults of other racial and ethnic groups to be worried about contracting COVID‐19 at holiday gatherings (52%), affording holiday gifts (54%) and securing holiday gifts (51%).