Regretisascommonanemotionasloveorfear,anditcanbinearlyaspowerful.so,inanewspaper,tworesearcherssetabouttryingtofindoutwhatthetypicalamericanregretsmost.intelephonesurveys,nealrose,apsychologistandprofessorofmarketingattheschoolofmanagementatnorthwestemuniversity,andmikemorrison,adoctoralcandidateinpsychologyatuniversityofillinois,asked370americans,aged19to103,totalkabouttheirmostnotableregret.partiantswereaskedwhattheregretwas,whenithappened,whetheritwasaresultofsomethingtheydidordidn’tdo,andwhetheritwassomethingthatcouldstillbefixde.
Themostcommonlymentionedregretinvolvedromance(18%)--lostlovesorunfulfilledrelationships.Familyregretscameinsecond(16%),withpeoplesrillfeelingbadlyaboutbeingunkindtotheirbrothersorsistersinchildhood.Otherfrequentlyreportedregretsinvolvedcareer(13%),education(12%),money(10%)andparenting(9%).
Thenewsurveyshowsthatinthelargerpopulation,aperson’s“lifecircumstances-accomplishments,shortcomings,situationinlife-injectconsiderablefuelintothefiresofregret,”theauthorswrite.Peoplewithlessdeucation,forinstance,weremorelikelytoreporteducationregret.peoplewithhigherlevelsofeducationhadthemostcareerregrets.Andthosewithmoromanticpartnertendedtoholdregretsregardinglove.
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