Types of boredom: An experience sampling approach

Coping with boredom in school : an experience sampling perspective

Keywords: Boredom Coping Experience sampling Traits States The present study explored students' use of boredom-related coping stra tegies at trait and state levels. Two trait-based dimensions of coping relevant to boredom were considered. namely approach-versus avoidance-oriented and cognitively-versus behaviorally-oriented coping strategies. The two dimensions were assessed in a self-report qu...

Coping with Boredom in School: An Experience Sampling Analysis

The present study explored stu dents' use of boredom related coping strategies at trait and state levels. Two trait based dimensions of coping relevant to boredom were considered, namely approach versus avoidance oriented and co gnitively versus behaviorally oriented coping strategies. The two dimensions were assessed in a self report questionnaire administered to 537 grade 11 students (55.3% f...

Emotion Bored in the USA: Experience Sampling and Boredom in Everyday Life

Bored in the USA: Experience sampling and boredom in everyday life.

We report new evidence on the emotional, demographic, and situational correlates of boredom from a rich experience sample capturing 1.1 million emotional and time-use reports from 3,867 U.S. adults. Subjects report boredom in 2.8% of the 30-min sampling periods, and 63% of participants report experiencing boredom at least once across the 10-day sampling period. We find that boredom is more like...

Real-world emotion? An experience-sampling approach to emotion experience and regulation in bipolar I disorder.

Laboratory studies suggest that bipolar disorder is characterized by emotion dysregulation, yet emotion disturbance has not been systematically described using more ecologically valid methods. Using an experience-sampling approach, we therefore sought to investigate positive and negative emotionality, emotion regulation strategies, and functioning among remitted individuals with bipolar I disor...