研究显示 神经质的人每天花更多时间做家务
If you are the neurotic type, there are few things too small to fret over. But at least life's worriers can rest assured that they are on top of the vacuuming. A study has found the most neurotic people spend up to 41 minutes a day longer on household chores than those who are emotionally stable. They devote an hour and 29 minutes to housework, based on a study of more than 1,300 volunteers. This equates to almost ten-and-a-half hours a week, with women, who -- according to the study -- are more likely to be neurotic and do more housework, exceeding this. Julia Rohrer, of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, led the research on how different personality types spend their time, which concludes that neurotic individuals may just be more negatively affected by clutter. She said: 'One possible interpretation is that emotionally instable people require a more tidy environment to feel good, so they might spend more time cleaning.' 'But in our study, we only looked at time spent on chores, so one could also imagine that people who are less emotionally stable are less efficient … and thus need more time to achieve the same results.' |