{"id":297492,"date":"2026-04-07T11:55:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=297492"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:16:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:16:03","slug":"roughly-a-third-of-young-adults-have-negative-views-of-their-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/2026\/04\/07\/roughly-a-third-of-young-adults-have-negative-views-of-their-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Roughly a third of young adults have negative views of their mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
About this research<\/summary>\n

This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans\u2019 views on health information and how they view their own health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did we do this?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers understand important topics. This research builds on our longstanding work studying Americans\u2019 views of medicine and health to explore how Americans view sources of health information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Pew Research Center<\/a>, our research on medicine and health<\/a> and other research on science and society<\/a><\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did we do this?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For this report, we surveyed 5,111 U.S. adults from Oct. 20 to 26, 2025. Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Center\u2019s American Trends Panel<\/a>. The survey represents the views of the full U.S. adult population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the survey questions used<\/a> for this report, the detailed responses<\/a> and the survey methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

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Key takeaways:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n