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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 and Psychosocial Development

The Journal of Psychology, 1999
The effect of boredom proneness as measured by the Boredom Proneness Scale (R. F. Farmer & N. D. Sundberg, 1986) on college students' psychosocial development was investigated via the Student Developmental Task and Lifestyle Assessment (SDTLA; R. B. Winston, T. K. Miller, & J. S. Prince, 1995). Low boredom-prone students had significantly higher scores
J D, Watt, S J, Vodanovich
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The Boredom Prone Personality: A Multitrait-Multimethod Approach

Journal of Personality Assessment, 2022
The present investigation reports the convergent and discriminant validity coefficients for two versions of Farmer and Sundberg's (Journal of Personality Assessment, 50(1), 4-17, 1986) boredom proneness scale. Boredom proneness, a trait that refers to an enduring tendency to disengage from the environment, has been neglected by the field of psychology ...
Amber A. Fultz, Jill A. Brown, Frank J. Bernieri   +2 more
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ARE PROCRASTINATORS PRONE TO BOREDOM?

Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal, 1999
Undergraduate students (N = 146) completed both the Boredom Proneness Scale (BPS) and the Procrastination Scale (PS). A one way MANOVA indicated that individuals high in procrastination possessed significantly high overall boredom proneness scores. Also, high procrastinators had significantly greater scores on four of the five BPS subscales labeled ...
Stephen J. Vodanovich, Deborah E. Rupp
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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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Effects of Instruction Type and Boredom Proneness in Vigilance: Implications for Boredom and Workload

Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1995
The present study examined the effects of instruction type and boredom proneness (BP) on vigilance performance, workload, and boredom. Subjects completed the Boredom Proneness Scale and were assigned to high and low groups based on their scores. They then monitored a VDT for critical signals.
David A. Sawin, Mark W. Scerbo
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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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A Short Boredom Proneness Scale

Assessment, 2016
It has been evident for some time that the Boredom Proneness Scale (BPS), a commonly used measure of trait boredom, does not constitute a single scale. Factor analytic studies have identified anything from two to seven factors, prompting Vodanovich and colleagues to propose an alternative two factor, short form version Boredom Proneness Scale–Short ...
Andriy A. Struk, Jonathan S. A. Carriere, J. Allan Cheyne, James Danckert   +3 more
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