Population stressors, such as the Covid 19 pandemic, climate change, the Russian-Ukrainian war, or a tense economic situation, are putting a strain on the well-being and mental health of Western populations. To examine the impact of such stressors, our group has recently published a study on the impact of current crises on subclinical stress symptoms in the German population. This short communication utilizes data from the latest second wave of this study. It evaluates, as to whether the results from the first study are still valid for the current and rapid changes in these population stressors. As in the first wave, the Russian-Ukrainian war was still rated as the most worrisome. However, the burden of the Covid 19 pandemic remains the most important predictor for subclinical stress symptoms.
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