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A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Boredom Proneness Scale

The Journal of Psychology, 2009
Researchers have extensively investigated the factor structure of the Boredom Proneness Scale (BPS; R. Farmer & N. D. Sundberg, 1986) using exploratory factor analyses (EFAs), with inconsistent methodology and results. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to perform confirmatory factor analyses on the BPS to better determine the nature and extent
Amanda M A, Melton, Stefan E, Schulenberg   +1 more
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Fashion groups, gender, and boredom proneness

International Journal of Consumer Studies, 2003
AbstractThis study examined differences between men and women and among fashion consumer groups (fashion innovators, fashion opinion leaders, innovative communicators, and fashion followers) in propensity toward boredom. Participants (126 male, 130 female university students) completed questionnaires measuring fashion group membership, boredom ...
Cathryn M. Studak, Jane E. Workman
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Boredom proneness: Temperamental and cognitive components

Personality and Individual Differences, 1993
Abstract The current study examined the relationships between cognitive and personality variables to boredom proneness. Buss and Plomin's four separate dimensions of temperament (Emotionality, Activity, Sociability, and Impulsivity) was used as the operationalization of personality.
Frederick T.L. Leong, Gregory R. Schneller   +1 more
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A Short Boredom Proneness Scale.

Assessment, 2018
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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Boredom proneness and emotion regulation predict emotional eating

Journal of Health Psychology, 2015
Emotional eating is considered a risk factor for eating disorders and an important contributor to obesity and its associated health problems. It has been suggested that boredom may be an important contributor to overeating, but has received relatively little attention. A sample of 552 college students was surveyed. Linear regression analyses found that
Amanda C, Crockett, Samantha K, Myhre, Paul D, Rokke   +2 more
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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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Proneness to Boredom and Risk Behaviors During Adolescents’ Free Time

Psychological Reports, 2017
As a clinical condition, boredom is an emotional state, widespread among young people, characterized by unpleasant feelings, lack of motivation, and low physiological arousal in which the level of stimulation is perceived as unsatisfactorily low. Boredom is an important emotional state due to its spread among young people.
Biolcati, Roberta, Mancini, Giacomo, Trombini, Elena   +2 more
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Correlates and Characteristics of Boredom Proneness and Boredom¹

Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2000
This study investigated the relationships between boredom proneness, mood monitoring, mood labeling, and tendency to experience flow; and explored some qualitative, phenomenological aspects of boredom. College students (N= 170) responded to an anonymous questionnaire containing the Boredom Proneness Scale (Farmer & Sundberg, 1986), the Mood ...
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Psychometric Properties of the Boredom Proneness Scale

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1990
A factor analysis of the data from 154 subjects answering Farmer and Sundberg's (1986) boredom proneness scale allowed estimates of reliability and construct validity and the identification of two independent factors, apathy and inattention. Correlations of these factors and the total test scores were made with measures of extraversion and depression ...
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Sleep regulation as a function of boredom proneness

Boredom proneness has been cast as a challenge of self-regulatory control such that the highly boredom prone struggle to launch into action despite the desire to do so. This has typically been explored in the context of cognitive and affective dysregulation.
James Danckert, Jamie Nettinga, Yusra Khan, Arsema Teka, Allison Drody   +4 more
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