Uma singena onyakeni omusha, abantu baseMelika, sebebonke, banamathuba amaningi okuthi balinganise impilo yabo yengqondo njengenhle kakhulu (26%) noma enhle (42%) kunokungenzeleli (22%) noma abampofu (9%). Kodwa-ke, uma kuqhathaniswa nabantu abadala abamhlophe nabe-Hispanic, abantu abadala abaNsundu (41%) noma bolunye uhlanga noma uhlanga (42%) maningi amathuba okuthi bahlele impilo yabo yengqondo ngo-2021 njengelungile noma impofu.

Okutholakele kuvela kunhlolovo ye-American Psychiatric Association's (APA) Healthy Minds Monthly* eyenziwe yi-Morning Consult. Inhlolovo kaNcibijane yafakwa ngoDisemba 6-8, 2021, phakathi kwesampula elimele izwe lonke labantu abadala abangu-2,119.

Phakathi kokunye okuvelele kwe-poll:

• Cishe ama-55% abantu baseMelika babika ukuthi bazizwa bethize noma bekhathazeke kakhulu ngesimo sobhubhane lwe-COVID-19, futhi u-58% wabantu baseMelika babika ukuthi ngandlela thize noma bakhathazeke kakhulu ngesimo sezimali zabo. Ngaphezu kwesigamu (54%) babika ukuthi bazizwa bethize noma bekhathazeke kakhulu ngokungaqiniseki kwango-2022.

• Umuntu oyedwa kwabahlanu waseMelika uthi uzizwa enengcindezi enkulu ekuqaleni kuka-2022 kunangonyaka odlule, kuyilapho u-44% ethi kuyafana, kanti u-27% uthi uzizwa engaphansi kwengcindezi.

*I-APA's Healthy Minds Monthly ilandelela izindaba zezempilo yengqondo ezifika ngesikhathi unyaka wonke. I-APA iphinde ikhiphe i-Healthy Minds Poll yayo yaminyaka yonke ngoMeyi ngokuhambisana neNyanga Yokuqwashisa Ngempilo Yengqondo.

LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

About 55% of Americans report feeling somewhat or very anxious about the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, and 58% of Americans report they are somewhat or very anxious about the state of their personal finances.
However, compared to white and Hispanic adults, adults who are Black (41%) or of another race or ethnicity (42%) are more likely to grade their mental health in 2021 as fair or poor.
One in five Americans say they are feeling more stress at the start of 2022 than last year, while 44% say it’s about the same, and 27% say they feel less stressed.