Read the excerpt from "Teens Feeling Stressed, and Many Not Managing It Well."
The report says stress appears to be affecting teens' performance in all aspects of life: 59% report that managing their time to balance all activities is a somewhat or very significant stressor; 40% say they neglected responsibilities at home because of stress; 21% say they neglected work or school because of stress; 32% say they experience headaches because of stress; 26% report changes in sleeping habits; 26% report snapping at or being short with classmates or teammates when under stress.
How does the use of bulleted items affect the meaning of the text? Teens Feeling Stressed
Each bullet point restates all of the information provided in the graph about how stress affects teens for readers who may have difficulty interpreting the graph.
The bulleted items list, chronologically, how the causes and effects of teen stress have worsened since the teen stress study began.
The bulleted items list, in order of importance, the most significant causes of stress for teens as described in the graph about how stress affects teens.
Each bullet point provides an interpretation of the information obtained in the teen stress study to highlight for the reader the most significant causes and effects of stress for teens.