Boredom is frequently considered inconsequential and has received relatively little research
attention. We argue that boredom has important implications for human functioning, based�…

Background The COVID-19 pandemic triggered vast governmental lockdowns. The impact
of these lockdowns on mental health is inadequately understood. On the one hand such�…

ABSTRACT A detailed review of the psychometric measures of boredom was published
approximately 12 years ago (Vodanovich, 2003). Since that time, numerous studies have�…

Our central goal is to provide a definition of boredom in terms of the underlying mental
processes that occur during an instance of boredom. Through the synthesis of�…

Exposure to 'real'nature can increase positive affect and decrease negative affect, but direct
access is not always possible, eg for people in health/care settings who often experience�…

The ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 has forced governments to impose a lockdown, and
many people have suddenly found themselves having to reduce their social relations�…

This article reports on a two-step investigation of foreign language learning boredom
amongst Chinese university non-English-major EFL students and English teachers. In Study�…

People tend to alleviate their negative emotions by shopping. Considering the change of
shopping behavior during COVID-19 outbreak, negative emotions are the key contributors to�…

What is boredom? We review environmental, attentional, and functional theories and
present a new model that describes boredom as an affective indicator of unsuccessful�…

Using a field experiment and experience sampling, we found the first evidence that phone
use may undermine the enjoyment people derive from real world social interactions. In�…