As youth sports teams and leagues canceled competition because of the coronavirus pandemic over the past year, 6 in 10 parents of young athletes say the disruptions have had a negative impact on their children’s emotional well-being and nearly two-thirds say their children are less happy, according to a Washington […] Read more »
Trump has made Americans’ lives worse. Here’s the proof.
Donald Trump’s America is one sad place. We, as a nation, have fallen into a great depression, though not necessarily an economic one. By one highly respected gauge, self-reported levels of happiness are at their lowest since social scientists began asking such questions half a century ago. Much of this […] Read more »
Coronavirus has left Americans unhappier than ever. But here’s why things are looking up
… According to the COVID Response Tracking Study, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, only 14 percent of American adults are very happy, a huge drop from the 31 percent who were just two years ago. … But while the picture is bleak right now, there is reason […] Read more »
Positive Notes From Americans Amid the Bad News
This July Fourth, the American public has plenty to worry about. U.S. adults are dissatisfied in general with the way things are going in the country and have record-low American pride. They are worried about the coronavirus and dissatisfied with the state of race relations, and the majority have negative […] Read more »
Record unhappiness reigns as Americans think something has gone awry in US
Americans are not happy. Just 14% say they’re very happy, according to a poll from NORC at the University of Chicago. That’s lowest since at least 1972. Why? It’s at least partially because they believe something is wrong with their country. That’s the key takeaway from the polling that has […] Read more »
U.S. Adults Report Less Worry, More Happiness
As many states have begun to reopen their economies and many more are making plans to do so, Americans are reporting improvements in their emotional health. Although the coronavirus crisis persists, less than half of U.S. adults (47%) now say they worried a lot of the previous day — down […] Read more »