People who don't turn on the air conditioner well in the heat... Turns out it's influenced by 'this' from childhood?

Wow... that's amazing..

My groom is from the southern region.

A person who lived next to Busan..

So, a person who lived warmly...

Is it that they don't turn on the air conditioner well???

Even the kids and I are panting from the heat... When I turn on the fan, it's cool, but some people ask what kind of air conditioner it is...

Still... since my three children and I are feeling hot, I end up turning it on...

Two months of summer... I want to live comfortably and softly at home without feeling uncomfortable ㅠㅠ

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A sense of community in the area where you live can also influence your cooling habits.

The behavior of not trying to raise the air conditioner temperature appears to be influenced by the house where one grew up. [Photo = Getty Images Bank]

As the hot summer temperatures rise, concerns about electricity bills also increase. Despite cooling accounting for a significant portion of most households' energy costs during the summer, there are people who do not raise the air conditioner temperature.

According to a study published in PLOS Climate, the behavior of not trying to raise the air conditioner temperature is influenced by the house where one grew up during childhood.

Dr. Drithzon Gruda, a researcher in organizational behavior at Maynooth University in Ireland, and Dr. Paul Hanges, an organizational psychologist at the University of Maryland in the United States, asked 2,128 Americans about their average winter thermostat settings during childhood and adulthood. They also evaluated emotional connectedness with the community.

Research findings indicate that participants who currently live in cold winter regions and grew up in warm homes (26.6°C) preferred to keep their current homes warmer as adults than participants who grew up in cold homes (21.1°C). This trend persisted even when controlling for race, education, household income, and geographic mobility. Dr. Handis stated, "People who grew up in warmer homes tend to maintain higher temperature settings in their current homes," suggesting that early thermal environments have a lasting influence on current temperature preferences.

However, the researchers said, "Childhood habits may be deeply ingrained and difficult to change, but that does not mean they cannot be corrected."

In actual research, the degree to which participants identify with or relate to their local community was found to strongly influence the relationship between current thermostat use and parenting. Participants who moved to colder winter regions like New York and established close bonds with their communities tended to maintain lower temperatures than those who felt less integrated into their communities. Conversely, in Florida, individuals with high community fit tended to have higher home temperatures due to limited air conditioning use.