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Boredom Proneness and Psychosocial Development
The Journal of Psychology, 1999The 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, 2022The 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 +2 more
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Boredom Proneness and Adolescents' Personalities
Psychological Reports, 1988With 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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Spirituality and boredom proneness
Personality and Individual Differences, 2002Abstract 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, 1989Boredom 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.
Alexander Tolor, Marlene C. Siegel
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A Short Boredom Proneness Scale
Assessment, 2016It 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 +3 more
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Boredom proneness in a psychiatric inpatient population
International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2011Background: 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. Aims: (1) To investigate the distribution of boredom proneness in
Susan E, Newell +2 more
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ARE PROCRASTINATORS PRONE TO BOREDOM?
Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal, 1999Undergraduate 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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What is boredom proneness? A comparison of three characterizations
Journal of Personality, 2021AbstractObjectiveBoredom 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 ...
Katy Y. Y. Tam +2 more
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Sex Differences in Boredom Proneness
Psychological Reports, 2006To identify sex differences in boredom proneness, 146 undergraduates (66 men and 80 women) were asked to complete the Boredom Proneness Scale. An independent groups t test indicated a statistically significant mean difference in boredom proneness as men scored significantly higher than women.
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