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report that - “people, especially young people, are having greater difficulty integrating into society today, compared to a generation ago.” People feel less obligated toward society than to themselves, according to the study. As a result, “people seem more anxious about a world they feel less in tune with,” say researchers Joseph Veroff, Elizabeth Douvan and Richard Kulka.
At the same time, however those surveyed appear more confident of handling distress on a personal level. Overall, says the report, Americans’ sense of happiness and wellbeing has remained stable over 20 years. Only 2 per cent more people in 1976 reported ever feeling they might have a nervous breakdown (21 per cent, versus 19 per cent in 1957), or that their future was not brighter than their present (11 per cent to 9 per cent).
But “dramatic shifts" are seen in reports of worries and symptoms of anxiety," say the researchers. In 1976, young people especially report more sleeping, nervousness. headaches, loss of appetite and upset stomach than did their 1975 counterparts.
Such anxiety symptoms may be traced to “evidence
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