I argue that the state of boredom (i.e., the transitory and non-pathological experience of boredom) should be understood to be a regulatory psychological state that has the capacity to promote our well-being by contributing to personal growth and to the ...
Elpidorou, Andreas
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Objectives The aims of the present study are to investigate (a) whether a control task (i.e., the grocery imagery task) classically used in emotion research and designed to emulate emotional neutrality is truly neutral and (b) how boredom proneness ...
Billy Sung +2 more
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The Relationships between High School Subjects in terms of School Satisfaction and Academic Performance in Mexican Adolescents [PDF]
Adolescents’ academic performance and the way it is related to their subjective wellbeing are issues of great interest across educational systems. The purpose of this study was to ascertain how satisfaction with high school subjects can predict school ...
Baena Extremera, Antonio +2 more
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Media use during adolescence: the recommendations of the Italian Pediatric Society. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The use of media device, such as smartphone and tablet, is currently increasing, especially among the youngest. Adolescents spend more and more time with their smartphones consulting social media, mainly Facebook, Instagram and Twitter ...
Agostiniani R +15 more
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Boredom, alexithymia, and desire thinking in eating disorders: a cross-sectional study
Background: Eating disorders (ED) can be considered in terms of affective disorders. In this perspective, abnormal eating behaviors would be dysfunctional defensive behaviors related to difficulties to recognize and modulate traumatic emotional ...
Giuseppe Craparo +5 more
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Learning Experiences in Programming: The Motivating Effect of a Physical Interface [PDF]
A study of undergraduate students learning to program compared the use of a physical interface with use of a screen-based equivalent interface to obtain insights into what made for an engaging learning experience.
Hughes, Janet +2 more
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Neural networks underlying affective states in a multimodal virtual environment: contributions to boredom [PDF]
Frontiers in human neuroscience 7, 820 (2013).
Krystyna Anna Mathiak +8 more
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Predictive validity of state versus trait challenge and boredom for career aspirations
This study focused on students’ perceived challenge, its direct links to career aspirations along with indirect links to career aspirations via boredom. We extended previous findings by differentiating state and trait assessments of challenge and boredom and by investigating within- and between-person relations.
Krannich, Maike +6 more
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The Mediating Role of Self-efficacy and Hopelessness in the Relationship between Family Emotional Climate and Boredom in Female Adolescents [PDF]
This study was carried out to investigate the mediating role of self-efficacy and hopelessness in the relationship between family emotional climate and adolescents’ boredom. This research had a descriptive, correlational design.
A. Gandomkar, S. Zarei, Ph.D.
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WHEN DO WE GET BORED? THE EXPERIENCE SAMPLING STUDY
Data indicate that boredom is a frequently experienced affective state, which is influenced by many situational and individual factors. Most of the studies exploring boredom were conducted by self-report questionnaires and experimental designs inducing ...
Valerija Križanić, Dino Krupić
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