05/04/2017

Report: Political Stress at Work Worsening

Political wedges have grown since the 2016 election, especially among diverse cultures

The American Psychological Association reports that political stress has grown in the workplace since the 2016 election, especially in workplaces where there’s a diversity of views among employees.

It’s been six months since the 2016 election, but the political debates that defined that period have yet to die down. In fact, things may be getting worse.

And that’s creating a lot of extra stress, says the American Psychological Association. The group also reported a lot of election-season stress back in October, but with Donald Trump in the Oval Office, things haven’t really changed. The association’s survey finds that about a quarter of full-time and part-time workers (26 percent) say they feel stress or tension due to the political discourse happening at the office—an increase from the 17 percent that said the same last September.

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