Ungeduld ist das Gefühl, das Menschen empfinden, wenn sie mit einer Verzögerung konfrontiert werden, die unfair, unvernünftig oder unangemessen erscheint. Geduld ist also die Art und Weise, wie wir mit diesen Gefühlen der Ungeduld umgehen. Diejenigen, die emotional kompetenter und besser in der Selbstregulierung waren, umgänglich und ein hohes Maß an Empathie hatten, sagten Geduld voraus.

I’ve linked to the press release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01461672241284028

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10888683241263874

From the linked article:

For purposes of her research, Sweeny sought to better define what constitutes patience, and impatience, and the factors that determine them.

Impatience, she concluded across three studies of 1,200 people, is the emotion people feel when they face a delay that seems unfair, unreasonable, or inappropriate—like a traffic jam outside of rush hour, or a meeting that should have ended 15 minutes ago. Patience, then, is how we cope with those feelings of impatience.

Although nearly everyone in the studies said they would feel at least a bit impatient when facing those frustrating situations, some people were more patient than others. Participants who were more comfortable with open-ended situations and more emotionally stable (i.e., low in need for closure and neuroticism) said they wouldn’t feel too impatient in those scenarios; those who were more emotionally skilled and better at self-regulation said they would respond more patiently, even if they initially felt impatient. Being agreeable and high in empathy also predicted patience.