Is trait boredom redundant?

KB Mercer-Lynn, JA Hunter… - Journal of Social and …, 2013 - Guilford Press
The present study explored trait boredom's usefulness as an individual difference measure
for the prediction of psychosocial problems. The most striking findings were trait boredom's …

What is boredom proneness? A comparison of three characterizations

KYY Tam, WAP Van Tilburg, CS Chan - Journal of personality, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Boredom proneness is associated with various problematic behaviors and mental
health issues. Despite its wide‐ranging implication, boredom proneness as a trait‐like …

Does the Boredom Proneness Scale capture traitness of boredom? Results from a six-year longitudinal trait-state-occasion model

K Gana, G Broc, N Bailly - Personality and Individual Differences, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Boredom Proneness Scale (BPS) is the only full-scale designed to assess the
propensity to boredom. This scale is a theoretical. The aim of the present study was …

Age and gender differences in boredom proneness

SJ Vondanovich, SJ Kass - Journal of Social Behavior and …, 1990 - search.proquest.com
The present study investigated the effects of age and gender on the susceptibility to be
bored. A two-way MANOVA indicated main effects for gender and age on the Boredom …

Trait boredom as a lack of agency: A theoretical model and a new assessment tool

D Gorelik, JD Eastwood - Assessment, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

[PDF][PDF] The dimensions of state boredom: Frequency, duration, unpleasantness, consequences and causal attributions

M Todman - Educational Research International 1 (1): 32, 2013 - academia.edu
Boredom is a common and pervasive feeling state that is believed to be associated with a
variety of suboptimal outcomes in areas such as psychological adjustment, academic …

Boredom proneness: Its relationship to psychological‐and physical‐health symptoms

J Sommers, SJ Vodanovich - Journal of clinical psychology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between boredom proneness and health‐symptom reporting was
examined. Undergraduate students (N= 200) completed the Boredom Proneness Scale and …

Boredom: An emotional experience distinct from apathy, anhedonia, or depression

YK Goldberg, JD Eastwood, J LaGuardia… - Journal of Social and …, 2011 - Guilford Press
Boredom is a universal human experience which has received little empirical attention.
Researchers have yet to agree on a unified definition of boredom and many see it as a …

The measurement of boredom: Differences between existing self-report scales

KB Mercer-Lynn, DB Flora, SA Fahlman… - …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
There are two commonly used measures of boredom: the Boredom Proneness Scale (BPS)
and the Boredom Susceptibility Scale (ZBS). Although both were designed to measure the …

A factor analytic study of the boredom proneness scale

SJ Vodanovich, SJ Kass - Journal of personality assessment, 1990 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated the factor structure of the Boredom Proneness (BP) Scale. Previous
research on boredom indicates the existence of at least five factors that comprise this …