White youth are more likely to report feeling stress and anxiety compared to members of their age group from other racial backgrounds, a Gallup survey has found.

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About half of white youth, 50% and 45%, reported feeling “a lot” of stress and anxiety respectively the day prior, compared to 28% and 24% of black youth, 42% and 30% of Hispanic youth, and 46% and 43% of multiracial youth. White and multiracial respondents also exceeded black and hispanic youth on their reports on sadness. White parents, meanwhile, are more likely to report that their children’s emotions are “intense”. An aspect of the youth mental health crisis which isn’t receiving much attention…