# Six in ten are willing to accept negative emotions in a given week

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/culture/six-in-ten-are-willing-to-accept-negative-emotions-in-a-given-week/

> Indexed question in Culture.

## Reading

About six-in-ten Americans (61%) agree that they accept feeling negative emotions over the course of a typical week, including 12% who strongly agree, according to a May 2026 Verasight survey of 526 U.S. adults.

A smaller share (13%) disagree, while 26% are neutral, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

## Topline

I ACCEPT feeling negative emotions over the course of a typical week.

Six in ten are willing to accept negative emotions in a given week.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Agree: 49.2%
- Neither disagree nor agree: 26.0%
- Strongly agree: 11.6%
- Disagree: 9.2%
- Strongly disagree: 3.9%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2026-05-11 → 2026-05-11
- Base (unweighted): 526
- Margin of error: +/- 4.6%
- Module: identity
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-3.19](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-3.19)

## Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2026-045, fielded May 11-11, 2026, N=526 US adults age 18+, +/- 4.6%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-3.19](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-3.19)