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April may be Stress Awareness Month, but 2020 could be considered Stress Awareness Year. Gallup finds that 2020 was officially the most stressful year in recent history, with a record-high 40% of adults worldwide saying they experienced a lot of stress the previous day. This five-percentage-point jump from 35% in 2019 represents nearly 190 million more people globally who experienced a lot of s...

The World Stress Index aims to become the world's most comprehensive study about stress. Gallup and the Lightkeeper Group's new partnership will create the World Stress Index, which aims to measure the causes of stress around the world and identify coping mechanisms people use to manage stress on a daily basis. Download File Gallup and Lightkeeper Group Partnership Announcement and World...

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, more people around the world were under stress than was true over a decade ago. More than one in three adults (35%) worldwide said they experienced stress during "a lot of the day yesterday" in 2019 -- up six percentage points from the 29% who said so in 2006. In fact, ahead of the pandemic, people reported feeling anger, stress, sadness, worry and physical p...