According to a recent poll, nearly half (48 percent) of Hispanic adults said that their level of stress increases during the holidays, compared to 43 percent of white adults, 37 percent of Black adults, and 41 percent of all adults. This year, 31 percent of Hispanic adults also indicated they’d be more stressed than last year, as opposed to 22 percent of white adults, 21 percent of Black adults, and 22 percent of all adults. That trend bore out through a number of the mental health-related poll questions, with Hispanic adults generally more worried about various aspects of the holiday season. The poll, conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) was fielded between November 17-21, 2021, among a nationally representative sample of 2,119 adults. Among the findings, Hispanic adults were more likely to say they were worried about:

• Contracting COVID at a holiday gathering (52%) than all adults (38%), white adults (37%), and black adults (41%);

• Affording gifts (54%) than all adults (46%), white adults (46%), and Black adults (43%);

• Finding/securing gifts (51%) than all adults (40%), white adults (41%), and Black adults (39%); and

• Working long hours (48%) than all adults (35%), white adults (36%), and Black adults (26%) (asked among employed adults).

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