“The Universal Pleasures of 7 PM”
“At 7 p.m., around the world, we all feel more or less the same about what we’re doing. That’s the finding from a massive study team, with 33 worldwide collaborators, led by psychologist Esther Guillaume of the University of California at Riverside. Sampling more than 5,400 individuals from 20 countries, the researchers found that people across countries (and within the same) made highly similar assessments of life at 7 p.m…
Motivated by the fact that research into mundane situations “remains rare,” Guillaume and her fellow researchers sought to assess the “psychological aspects” of a typical evening setting… Across all 20 countries, participants gave very consistent RSQ ratings to life at 7 p.m. In general, people found whatever they were doing at that time to be “simple and clear-cut,” “social,” and “potentially enjoyable”; they also felt they were free to speak and feel a range of emotions.”
I love everything about this — the study of mundane situations :)
