研究顯示 神經質的人每天花更多時間做家務大綱

If you are the neurotic type, there are few things too small to fret over.

如果你屬於神經質的類型，那麼生活中幾乎沒有什麼事是小到不會讓你煩惱的。

But at least life's worriers can rest assured that they are on top of the vacuuming.

不過，至少生活的擔憂者們可以放心，他們使用起吸塵器來一定是行家。

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.

一項研究發現，相比情緒穩定的人，最神經質的人每天花在家務上的時間要多41分鐘。根據對1300多名志願者的研究，這類人每天會花1小時29分鐘來做家務。

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.

這相當於每週要花近十個半小時，而研究顯示--更容易神經質的女性會做更多家務，超過這個數字。

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.

馬克斯·普朗克人類發展研究所的朱莉婭·羅雷爾牽頭進行了一項關於不同性格類型的人如何打發時間的研究，研究得出的結論是，神經質的人可能更容易受到雜亂事務的負面影響。

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.'

她表示：“一種可能的解釋是，情緒不穩定的人需要一個更整潔的環境才能感覺好，所以他們可能會花更多的時間打掃。”

'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.'

“不過在我們的研究中，我們只調查了花費在家務上的時間，因此我們也可以想象，情緒不穩定的人效率更低……需要更多時間才能達到同樣的成果。”