Biggest regret of your life what?

Everyone has regrets. New survey shows that adults in the United States, the most common regret is missed love opportunities.

Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers, collected via telephone survey of 370 U.S. adults data. They asked respondents about a memorable regret, including what it is, how it happened and regret because they did or because not to do. Survey, the most common regrets with love. Nearly 1 / 5 of the respondents are about to miss the love story. Unfortunately, the second most common issues involving the family. 16% of respondents said they or a family quarrel of the brothers and sisters because of bad childhood regret.

Survey shows that other more common regret pertains to education (13%), career (12%), money (10%), the fault of parents (9%) and health (6%). The survey will be published in "Personality and Social Psychology" magazine.

"People did mention the high school romance missed." Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University marketing professor and psychologist Neil Ross (NealJ. Roese) said, "Some people say that they should have learned in college another professional, choose a different career path or follow their own preferences. Others said they were the work of the less, spend time with children. This is the parents we often hear aspects of regret. "

The survey is worth attention is regrettable because the previous survey on the major students collected data, and not related to the background, education and experience are different for adults. Among college students, the biggest regret is often related to education, such as should learn something more, or choose a different profession or occupation.

In this latest survey, the respondents ranged in age from 19 to 103 years old, have different socio-economic background. Survey, gender, age and different levels of education, unfortunately, are also different categories.

Women in love, much more likely to have regrets, 44% of the female respondents were bothered lost love, while only 19% of male respondents have such regrets. Those who are more likely to miss the existence of love love's regret.

Unfortunately, because no pattern to follow. Because doing something respondents felt regret, and because no regret doing this as many respondents. However, because those who do or do not regret the missed opportunities were more likely to bear a grudge against the regret, and always memorable.

"Unfortunately, a longer duration is often associated with missed opportunities, but also on what you think of this or that to do with the different ways that do those things." Rose said, "and the short duration of regret that you have tended to focus on But you do not want to do. "

Gender difference, unfortunately, are often different. Women in love and regret on many family issues, while men tend to focus on the regret of education, career and money problems. Work and career, 1 / 3 of the male respondents there is regret, while the female respondents were only 1 / 4.

Unfortunately, the level of education will be different because of a difference. Less educated people regret their lack of education, while people with higher levels of education are more likely to have regrets in the career.

Dr. Luo Si pointed out that when a person unfortunate to heart and they will damage their mental health. Regrettably, however, although painful, but it may also make you change your focus and improve decision-making.

"Unfortunately, very often people feel bad, but in general, unfortunately, is a useful emotion." Dr. Luo Si said, "Unfortunately, the best way to experience should be Hard feelings it, and then as soon as possible to overcome it go ahead and use it to promote their own benefit to the new behavior. "