Stress does not make people change their habits

Even in the worst conditions, people still maintain good habits, scientists claim.

Wendy Wood, a professor of psychology at the University of South California, USA and colleagues, has conducted a study of habits. In the experiment, the team tracked college students during a semester, especially at the exam stage - the time when students were most under stress.

According to common thinking, when falling into stress, students are susceptible to unhealthy habits. However, research results show that students continue to do what they used to do, whether it is good or bad.

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Many students have good habits such as healthy eating, daily newspaper reading, exercise will still do these activities when stressful stress. Similarly, students with bad habits will still do unhealthy things.

Researchers conclude that stress pressure does not have much impact on habits . People with good habits will continue to maintain that habit, even if they feel tired or stressed. The same trend is also true for people with bad habits.

"Habits do not need much willpower, thinking and thinking , " Redorbit quoted Wood.

Thus, to be successful, people do not have to make much effort. The most important thing is to create good habits right from the start, the researchers said.

"When you're stressed, the effort to change behavior is not the best way to reach your goal. If you don't have a strong will, habits can be a powerful weapon , " Wood commented. .