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IS BOREDOM PRONENESS ASSOCIATED WITH INTROSPECTIVENESS?

Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal, 2000
The relationship between boredom proneness and introspectiveness among a sample of French adults (N = 154) was investigated). The results indicated that highly boredom-prone individuals are also prone to increased introspectiveness. Also, highly self-focused personality is related to poor external, but not internal, stimulation.
Kamel Gana, Bénédicte Deletang, Laurence Metais   +2 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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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
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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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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.
Amanda C, Crockett, Samantha K, Myhre, Paul D, Rokke   +2 more
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Boredom Proneness and the Need for Cognition

Journal of Research in Personality, 1994
Abstract The effect of need for cognition on boredom proneness scores among 214 undergraduates was investigated using the short form of the Need For Cognition Scale (Cacioppo, Petty, & Kao, 1984) and Farmer and Sundberg′s (1986) Boredom Proneness Scale.
John D. Watt, Michael J. Blanchard
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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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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.
D A, Sawin, M W, Scerbo
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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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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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