Jessika Richter is a researcher at Lund University.

杰西卡·里克特是隆德大学的研究员。

But is it actually true? Jessika Golle of the University of Tubingen, in Germany, thought she would try to find out.

但真的是这样么？德国蒂宾根大学的Jessika Golle认为她可以试着找到答案。

Stories about Sweden's repair shops spread between friends and Jessika thinks this creates a peer effect - the positive or negative influence friends have on the way you behave.

关于瑞典维修店的事迹在朋友之间传播，杰西卡认为这会产生一种同伴效应——朋友对你的行为方式所产生的积极或消极影响。