Research confirms that there are angriest Americans out there that you need to watch out. A study conducted by the University of Toronto scholar Scott Schieman reveals that people with less education are easily upset than the more educated. Schieman also identifies two other groups you need to watch out because they can easily loose temper; the young, and those with kids at home. So next time you want to engage in an argument with someone, you may first of all need to know if the person has kids at home.:)
The study involved 1,800 Americans aged 18 and older. Schieman asked the participants how and when they feel pissed off. According to the researcher, people under age 30 are most likely to be angered than people above 30. He attributes the situation to time pressures, economic hardships, and interpersonal conflicts at the workplace. So next next time you want to rock a boat of an under 30, you may consider to wait until the economy gets better. :)
Schieman argues that people with less education are not out of the hook either. Such people have the highest per capita anger, which they can easily utilize to knock off your nose when you disrupt their emotional equilibrium. According to the researcher, self control is proportionally dependent on high education. However, before you feel guilty of your anger Schieman has good news for you. Anger is normal, and you can actually live longer if you express it. So don't hold onto it baby, just let it out. :)
The research is important because it relates to Lloyd F. Bitzer (1966) lecture, The Rhetorical Situation, which he gave at Cornell University and at the University of Washington, in the years 1966 and 1967 respectivelly. The exigence in Schieman's research is less education, kids, time pressures, and economic hardships. The audience are professors, students, and even all Americans.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091203/sc_livescience/studyrevealstheangriestamericans
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Well shoot now I know why I’m so pissed off all the time. I have no college education and I’m under 30. It’s an interesting study and it actually makes a lot of sense when I think about it. I think it is pretty well documented already that when going through things for the first time or trying to figure things out it is natural to get upset, such is the case with first time parents or younger people going through financial woes as they attempt to establish themselves. I wouldn’t be surprised to find much of the same findings in other countries as well.
ReplyDeleteI have to laugh at having kids at home will make someone likely to get more angry. Shouldn't having kids around make a person more patient? I used to babysit for a friend of the family and those kids drove me nuts but I certainly didn't lose my ability to be calm from the experience. I'd have to say the exact opposite and that I actually became calmer as I knew things could be more frustrating than they currently were.
ReplyDeleteA very interesting study and I should try getting more angry if I wish to live longer, apparently =)