Palo Alto Medical Foundation

  • Teen Home
  • About Us
  • PAMF Home
  • Ask the Expert
  • General Health
  • Tobacco, Drugs & Alcohol
  • Emotions & Life
  • Sexual Health & Experience

Emotions & Life

  • Stress
    • What Stresses Teens Out?
    • Seven Stress Tips
    • Signs You are Stressed
    • Managing Your Stress
    • Stress and Time Management
    • Life Balance

What Stresses Teens Out?

  • Decrease Font Size
  • Increase Font Size
  • Send to a Friend
  • Share
    • Share / Blog
    • Digg This
    • del.icio.us
    • Newsvine
    • Facebook
    • Reddit
    • Furl It
    • !Y My Web
    • Google
  • Print

Becky Beacom, health education manager for PAMF, surveyed 124 adolescents to explore what they find most stressful. Find out what gives your peers stress below.

IssueNumber of times mentionedPercent
Homework/School
  • Grades/GPA
  • Tests
  • College
  • Finals week
13855 %
Parents/Family
  • Expectations
  • Pressure to do well
  • Not achieving/ blowing it
3715 %
Social Life
  • Friends
  • Boyfriends/Girlfriends
  • Relationships
  • Extracurriculars
  • Try outs
  • Shows
  • Sex
229 %
Time
  • No time
  • Deadlines
  • Keeping up
  • Lack of sleep
  • Doing two things at once
  • Too much going on
  • Unprepared
208 %
Sports104 %
Other229 %
Teens at computer
Information on stress management
  • For Parents
  • Contact PAMF
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Map

© 2009 Palo Alto Medical Foundation. All rights reserved.