3 minutes agoStudy: If you have too much free time, you will lower your level of well-being.
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Goldilocks' teaching, which one can overdo with good things, even when it comes to the size of the chair, has been applied from the field of astrobiology to the economy. Now, it seems to rule our time. Researchers have found that while subjective welfare levels can [...]
Researchers have found that while subjective welfare levels may increase as leisure time grows, the trend does not hold on that line for very high rest levels.
“Contentment is the not-so-great time of leisure,” said Dr. Marissa Sharif, coauthor of the study from University of Pennsylvania. “We found that having much free time is linked to lower subjective well-being due to a sense of productivity and purpose.” she added, the Guardian reports, records Periscopi.
Writing on the Journal of Social Psychological and Personality, Sharif and her colleagues reported how they had analyzed the results from two extensive studies involving 35 thousand people.
Andrew Oswald, a professor of economics who was not involved in the study, supported the research.
“This is a valid study because it offers all those kinds of statistical evidence for a very intuitive idea: human beings don't like to have much free time.” /Periscope
