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Boredom Proneness and Self-Control as Unique Risk Factors in Achievement Settings
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 17, Issue 23, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 9116, p 9116 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2020.
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Abstract
- The state of boredom arises when we have the desire to be engaged in goal pursuit, but for whatever reason we cannot fulfil that desire. Boredom proneness is characterized by both frequent and intense feelings of boredom and is an enduring individual difference trait associated with a raft of negative outcomes. There has been some work in educational settings, but relatively little is known about the consequences of boredom proneness for learning. Here we explored the unique contributions of boredom proneness, self-control and self-esteem to undergraduate self-reported higher grade point average (GPA). Within educational settings, prior research has shown self-control and self-esteem to be associated with better academic performance. In contrast, boredom proneness is associated with lower levels of self-control and self-esteem. Our analyses replicate those previous findings showing that self-control acts as a positive predictor of GPA. Importantly, we further demonstrated, for the first time, that boredom proneness has a unique contribution to GPA over and above the contribution of self-control, such that as boredom proneness increases, GPA decreases. We discuss potential mechanisms through which boredom proneness may influence academic performance.
- Subjects :
- self-control
boredom proneness
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
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Developmental psychology
Risk Factors
medicine
Humans
Learning
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
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self-esteem
Academic Success
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05 social sciences
Individual difference
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Self-esteem
academic performance
Boredom
Goal pursuit
Self-control
GPA
Self Concept
Feeling
Trait
Female
Self Report
medicine.symptom
Psychology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16604601 and 16617827
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 23
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9e08a869cd956ec8b3147df0f128060a