High Trait Self-Control and Low Boredom Proneness Help COVID-19 Homeschoolers [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) schools around the world have been closed to protect against the spread of coronavirus. In several countries, homeschooling has been introduced to replace classroom schooling.
Corinna S. Martarelli +4 more
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Boredom in the COVID-19 pandemic: Trait boredom proneness, the desire to act, and rule-breaking [PDF]
Personality and Individual Differences, 2021 The state of boredom presents a conundrum: When bored, we want to engage with an activity, but we don't want to engage with whatever is currently available. This conflict is exacerbated when external factors impose restrictions on the range of behaviors we can engage in, which is precisely the scenario we are currently facing, at a global level, during
Paul Seli +2 more
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Trait Boredom as a Lack of Agency: A Theoretical Model and a New Assessment Tool [PDF]
Assessment, 2023 Trait boredom plays a significant role in well-being. However, this construct suffers from conceptual ambiguity and measurement problems. The aim of this study was to propose a comprehensive theory and a strong assessment tool to address these limitations.
Dana Gorelik, John D Eastwood
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A personality trait-based network of boredom, spontaneous and deliberate mind-wandering
Assessment, 2020 This article reports the translation into German and validation of two self-report measures of mind-wandering and boredom (the Spontaneous and Deliberate Mind-Wandering Scales; SDMWS; Carriere, Seli, & Smilek, 2013, and the Short Boredom Proneness Scale; SBPS; Struk, Carriere, Cheyne, & Danckert, 2017).
Corinna Martarelli +2 more
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Boredom is the root of all evil—or is it? A psychometric network approach to individual differences in behavioural responses to boredom [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Functional accounts of boredom propose that boredom serves as an impartial signal to change something about the current situation, which should give rise to adaptive and maladaptive behaviour alike.
Maik Bieleke +3 more
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, 2022 Boredom is a ubiquitous, yet in many ways poorly understood, emotion. Our conceptualization of boredom is inconsistent and research has been limited until the last decade, leaving more to be understood. Guided by the Meaning and Attentional Components (MAC) model of boredom and using a prevention science framework, the purpose of the current study is ...
Doering, Erica
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Getting trapped in a dead end? Trait self-control and boredom are linked to goal adjustment [PDF]
Motivation and Emotion, 2021 Abstract Disengaging from unattainable goals and reengaging in alternative goals is essential for effective goal pursuit; yet, surprisingly little is known about associated personality factors. Here, we focused on individual differences in self-control (domain-general self-control, if–then planning) and boredom ...
Maik Bieleke, Lucas Keller, Wanja Wolff
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WHEN TIME FLIES: STATE AND TRAIT BOREDOM, TIME PERCEPTION, AND HEDONIC TASK APPRAISALS [PDF]
Psychological Thought, 2021 An abundance of empirical research has established that a robust, positive association exists between feelings of boredom and the illusion of temporal slowing. Although state and trait forms of boredom are distinct constructs, the way these variables interact with one another to impact time perception is unknown.
Emily R. Weiss +5 more
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Psychometric properties of the Italian version of the State Fear of Missing Out Inventory in a sample of Italian young adults [PDF]
BMC PsychologyDespite the prevalence of social media use among Italian students, research on the state “Fear of Missing Out” (FoMO) remains limited due to the lack of reliable measures.
Rocco Servidio +2 more
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Validation of the Japanese version of boredom proneness scale and derivation of its short version among older adults: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Health and Quality of Life OutcomesBackground Boredom proneness is a common yet underexplored psychological trait among older adults, linked to depression, loneliness, and reduced quality of life.
Atsushi Takayama +9 more
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