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Boredom Proneness and Communication Associated with Adolescent Phubbing

Ruse Erisa Zahrotul Munifa, Effy Wardati Maryam   +1 more
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What is boredom proneness? A comparison of three characterizations [PDF]

Journal of Personality, 2021
AbstractObjectiveBoredom proneness is associated with various problematic behaviors and mental health issues. Despite its wide‐ranging implication, boredom proneness as a trait‐like construct suffers from conceptual ambiguity and measurement issues. We examined whether boredom proneness represents individual differences in (a) the frequency of getting ...
Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg, Katy Y Y Tam, Christian Chan   +2 more
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Boredom Proneness in Pathological Gambling

Psychological Reports, 1990
To test the hypothesis that pathological gamblers seek stimulation as a means of reducing aversive underaroused states of boredom and/or depression, the Beck Depression Inventory, Zuckerman's Sensation Seeking Scale and a Boredom Proneness Scale were administered to 48 diagnosed pathological gamblers and a control group of 40 family physician patients.
A, Blaszczynski, N, McConaghy, A, Frankova   +2 more
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Boredom Proneness and Adolescents' Personalities

Psychological Reports, 1988
With 50 adolescent subjects evidence suggests that boredom is related to inactivity, social dependency, a disregard for rules, apprehension, and guilt proneness. Satisfactory test-retest reliability of the Boredom Proneness Scale ( r = .79) was obtained.
G W, McGiboney, C, Carter
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Boredom proneness in a psychiatric inpatient population

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2011
Background: Boredom has been reported as a common experience for service users of acute psychiatric wards. It has been associated with negative mental and physical health. Research has yet to show what factors are associated with boredom proneness within the acute psychiatric population.
Susan E, Newell, Priscilla, Harries, Susan, Ayers   +2 more
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Relationship between Boredom Proneness and Impulsivity

Psychological Reports, 1992
As part of a larger investigation, the relationship between boredom proneness and impulsiveness was investigated among 381 undergraduates. A significant positive correlation of .56 obtained between boredom proneness and impulsivity. Significant positive associations were also found between scores on boredom proneness and impulsiveness subscales.
J D, Watt, S J, Vodanovich
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Spirituality and boredom proneness

Personality and Individual Differences, 2002
Abstract Using data obtained from 296 university undergraduate students, standard regression analyses were calculated for men and women separately to examine the relation of spirituality, defined multidimensionally as per the Expressions of Spirituality Inventory (ESI), to boredom proneness as measured by the Boredom Proneness Scale (BPS).
Douglas A MacDonald, Daniel Holland
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Boredom Proneness and Political Activism

Psychological Reports, 1989
Boredom proneness as related to political activism was studied in three groups, namely, undergraduate students, graduate students, and senior citizens. It was hypothesized that individuals who express a disinclination to vote would score higher in boredom than subjects who express an intent to vote. A second hypothesis stated that individuals who value
Alexander Tolor, Marlene C. Siegel
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Boredom Proneness: Its Relationship to Positive and Negative Affect

Psychological Reports, 1991
170 undergraduate students completed the Boredom Proneness Scale by Farmer and Sundberg and the Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist by Zuckerman and Lubin. Significant negative relationships were found between boredom proneness and negative affect scores (i.e., Depression, Hostility, Anxiety).
S J, Vodanovich, K M, Verner, T V, Gilbride   +2 more
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Effect of Boredom Proneness on Time Perception

Psychological Reports, 1991
As part of a larger study examining attribution differences in boredom, the effect of Boredom Proneness on perception of time passage was investigated in 110 undergraduates completing a tedious number-circling task. Highly boredom-prone individuals perceived time as passing more slowly during the task than low boredom-prone persons, but the two groups ...
John D. Watt
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