Feeling moody lately? Depressed even?
Maybe it鈥檚 your job. Maybe it鈥檚 the weather. Or maybe it鈥檚 the state you live in.
Acting on over a decade鈥檚 worth of surveys, a team of researchers have charted relative moodiness state by state across America.
The study measured personality traits, including the so-called test: openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuroticism, or OCEAN. So how does Texas measure?
Some have compared Texas鈥� culture to that of a different part of the country than its neighbors. The difference is visible in , where Texas鈥� blue shading signifies 鈥渢emperamental and uninhibited鈥� traits out of step with the more 鈥渇riendly and conventional鈥� South.
Here鈥檚 how Texas fared. The state is:
- the 23rd most open state in the country
- the 19th most conscientious state in the country
- the 16th most extroverted state in the country
- the 23rd most agreeable state in the country
- the 34th most neurotic state in the country
The West Coast was tagged for relaxed and creative natures, the East Coast as temperamental and uninhibited, and the Midwest and South as more friendly and conventional.
These results come from 1.6 million participants across 48 states and D.C., excluding Hawaii and Alaska. was published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology following a 13-year survey. Among the study鈥檚 authors: University of Texas professor and UT alum .
Back over at Time, and see which state鈥檚 the best match for your own mood.
