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Infographic: Societal division as a significant source of stress

Infographic detailing levels and types of loneliness among those who report societal division as a significant source of stress vs not a significant source of stress

Details of infographic from APA’s 2025 Stress in America survey

Loneliness higher among adults who report societal division as a significant source of stress

% who say they have felt the following often or some of the time

Isolated from others

  • Societal division is a significant source of stress: 61%
  • Societal division is not a significant source of stress: 43%

Left out

  • Societal division is a significant source of stress: 57%
  • Societal division is not a significant source of stress: 39%

That I lack companionship

  • Societal division is a significant source of stress: 54%
  • Societal division is not a significant source of stress: 44%