Wristwatches predict personality and punctuality
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School of Psychology, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom
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Department of Psychology, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Subject Areas
- Psychiatry and Psychology
- Keywords
- time, appearance, personality, conscientiousness, punctuality
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- © 2015 Ellis et al.
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- 2015. Wristwatches predict personality and punctuality. PeerJ PrePrints 3:e989v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.989v1
Abstract
In exploratory (N>100) and confirmatory samples (N>600), we compared big-five personality traits between individuals who do or do not regularly wear a traditional wristwatch. Alongside lower levels of extraversion and openness, significantly higher levels of conscientiousness were observed in participants who wear a watch. In a third study (N=85), we observed that watch wearers arrive significantly earlier to appointments in comparison to controls. These results are discussed in relation to the rise of wearable technology including smartwatches.
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