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Boredom Proneness and Psychosocial Development

The Journal of Psychology

May 1999
133(3):303-14

DOI:10.1080/00223989909599743

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John Watt

Iowa State University

Stephen Vodanovich

University of West Florida

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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Boredom proneness and psychosocial development

John D Watt; Stephen J Vodanovich

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