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The Journal of Psychology
Interdisciplinary and Applied
Volume 133, 1999 - Issue 3
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Boredom Proneness and Psychosocial Development

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Pages 303-314 | Received 23 Feb 1998, Published online: 02 Apr 2010
 

Abstract

The effect of boredom proneness as measured by the Boredom Proneness Scale (R. F. Farmer & N. D. Sundberg, 1986) on college students' psychosocial development was investigated via the Student Developmental Task and Lifestyle Assessment (SDTLA; R. B. Winston, T. K. Miller, & J. S. Prince, 1995). Low boredom-prone students had significantly higher scores on the following SDTLA measures: career planning, lifestyle planning, peer relationships, educational involvement, instrumental autonomy, emotional autonomy, interdependence, academic autonomy, and salubrious lifestyle. Gender differences on boredom proneness and psychosocial development measures are discussed.

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