reported more mental health struggles in the past year compared with 21 % of adults ages 45 and older.
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- Specific Life Events Affect People Differently
Some life events appear to affect people differently. For example, getting divorced or separated and becoming pregnant or having a child are linked with both worsening and improving mental health. Getting engaged or married and using a dating app are equally likely to be linked with both positive and negative impacts on mental health.
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- Younger Generations Endure Life Events Linked with Worsening Mental Health
Gen Zers and Millennials more frequently experience life events having the strongest links to worsening mental health. They more commonly report loneliness and a failure to achieve life goals, stressors also linked to worsening mental health. For example, 53 % of Gen Zers reported feelings of loneliness and 52 % shared feelings of failure to achieve life goals, compared with 3 9 % and 34 % , respectively, of all adults sampled.
The research also found recent life experiences, whether relational or personal, are linked to the state of one’s mental health. Those suffering from worsening mental health were more likely to have experienced:
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Being a victim of verbal or emotional abuse
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Being a victim of physical violence
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The lack of a healthy home environment
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The lack of a healthy work environment
