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What Stresses Teens Out?

Becky Beacom, health education manager for PAMF, surveyed 124 adolescents to explore what they find most stressful. Find out what gives your peers stress below.

Issue Number of times mentioned Percent
Homework/School

  • Grades/GPA
  • Tests
  • College
  • Finals week
138 55 %
Parents/Family

  • Expectations
  • Pressure to do well
  • Not achieving/ blowing it
37 15 %
Social Life

  • Friends
  • Boyfriends/Girlfriends
  • Relationships
  • Extracurriculars
  • Try outs
  • Shows
  • Sex
22 9 %
Time

  • No time
  • Deadlines
  • Keeping up
  • Lack of sleep
  • Doing two things at once
  • Too much going on
  • Unprepared
20 8 %
Sports 10 4 %
Other 22 9 %

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