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Boredom Proneness and Rule-Breaking: A Persistent Relation One Year into the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Source :
- Behavioral Sciences, Vol 12, Iss 8, p 251 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2022.
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Abstract
- Research conducted within the first year of the pandemic demonstrated that boredom prone individuals were more likely to break rules (e.g., social distancing) aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19. It is of interest whether this relation persisted deeper into the pandemic, given that initial results may have reflected the extraordinary nature of the early stages of the pandemic on one hand, or more stable dispositions on the other. Therefore, in the Summer of 2021, we administered an online survey to investigate whether boredom proneness predicted COVID-19 rule-breaking over one year into the pandemic (and approximately one year after the earlier studies). We found that boredom prone individuals remained more likely to engage in COVID-19 rule-breaking. Our results suggest that a trait disposition towards boredom exerts a persistent, long-term influence on behaviour, one that is detrimental to personal well-being during the pandemic. Adherence to public health measures might be improved by encouraging individuals to find adaptive ways of coping with boredom.
- Subjects :
- boredom proneness
rule-breaking
COVID-19
self-control
pandemic
Psychology
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2076328X
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Behavioral Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.9b253cffe7b4a6eab20d8a1b8d5ee57
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12080251