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Pace of Life Is Faster for a Bored Person: Exploring the Relationship Between Trait Boredom and Fast Life History Strategy [PDF]

Evolutionary Psychology
Life history theory suggests that in harsh, unpredictable environments, individuals may benefit from adopting a fast life history strategy. This may involve experiencing boredom more frequently and intensely as an adaptive mechanism to seek novel stimuli,
Eunsoo Choi
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Bored with boredom? Trait boredom predicts internet addiction through the mediating role of attentional bias toward social networks [PDF]

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2023
Internet addiction is an emerging issue, impacting people’s psychosocial functioning and well-being. However, the prevalence and the mechanisms underlying internet misuse are largely unknown. As with other behavioral addiction disorders, the increase and
Loreta Cannito, Loreta Cannito, Irene Ceccato, Eugenia Annunzi, Alessandro Bortolotti, Eleonora D’Intino, Rocco Palumbo, Claudio D’Addario, Claudio D’Addario, Alberto Di Domenico, Riccardo Palumbo, Riccardo Palumbo   +11 more
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The impact of regular physical exercise on mobile phone addiction tendency among Chinese college students: the mediating role of trait boredom and the moderating role of self-control [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionThis study explores the relationship between regular physical exercise and mobile phone addiction tendency among college students, with a focus on the mediating role of trait boredom and the moderating role of self-control.MethodsA total of ...
Jiatian Qi, Jiatian Qi, Xiaoyou Zhou, Jingjing Li, Bing Liu   +4 more
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Boredom in a Time of Uncertainty: State and Trait Boredom’s Associations with Psychological Health during COVID-19

Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2022
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, studies have demonstrated increases in boredom and its negative impact on mental health. This cross-sectional study examines state and trait boredom at four different points of the pandemic using an online sample of ...
Emily R Weiss, Mcwelling Todman, Rebecca R Bunn   +2 more
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Connected by Boredom: A Systematic Review of the Role of Trait Boredom in Problematic Technology Use [PDF]

Brain Sciences
Background/Objectives: In an increasingly pervasive digital environment, trait boredom has been identified as a key psychological factor in the onset and maintenance of problematic digital technology use.
Ginevra Tagliaferri, Manuel Martí-Vilar, Francesca Valeria Frisari, Alessandro Quaglieri, Emanuela Mari, Jessica Burrai, Anna Maria Giannini, Clarissa Cricenti   +7 more
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Boredom proneness and inattention in children with and without ADHD: the mediating role of delay aversion [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychiatry
ObjectiveA high tendency to boredom and delay aversion are commonly observed traits among children and adolescents diagnosed with ADHD. However, the interplay between boredom, delay aversion, and ADHD symptoms remains unclear. It is unknown, for example,
Chia-Fen Hsu, Vincent Chin-Hung Chen, Vincent Chin-Hung Chen, Hsing-Chang Ni, Hsing-Chang Ni, Ning Chueh, John D. Eastwood   +6 more
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Unpacking grit in exam-oriented education: divergent roles of perseverance and consistency in foreign language achievement [PDF]

BMC Psychology
To address ongoing debates on grit’s conceptual validity and contextual relevance, this study tested an integrated model within China’s exam-oriented education system. Specifically, it examined how the two dimensions of grit—Consistency of Interest (COI)
Tsung-han Weng, Jinchang Peng
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Spiritual boredom is associated with over- and underchallenge, lack of value, and reduced motivation [PDF]

Communications Psychology
The emotion of boredom has attracted considerable research interest. However, boredom experienced in spiritual contexts (i.e., spiritual boredom) has rarely been investigated.
Thomas Goetz, Jonathan Fries, Lisa Stempfer, Lukas Kraiger, Sarah Stoll, Lena Baumgartner, Yannis L. Diamant, Caroline Porics, Bibiana Sonntag, Silke Würglauer, Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg, Reinhard Pekrun   +11 more
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Boredom proneness and Chinese vocational college students academic disengagement: mediating role of academic self-efficacy and moderating role of self-control [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology
ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore the relationship between boredom proneness and academic disengagement among vocational college students, specifically examining the mediating role of academic self-efficacy and the moderating effect of self-control in
Yantao Shi, Yantao Shi, Xueli Hui, Xueli Hui, Guanghai Li, Mingkun Ouyang, Cheng Yang   +6 more
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Older and Wiser? Age-related Change in State and Trait Boredom During Adolescence and Associations with Neural Correlates of Self-regulation [PDF]

Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 2023
Sammy Perone, Alana J Anderson, Elizabeth H Weybright   +2 more
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