Boredom as related to alienation, assertiveness, internal-external expectancy, and sleep patterns

The validity of a newly developed Boredom Proneness Scale (Farmer & Sundberg, 1986) was studied by relating alienation, as measured by Gould's Manifest Alienation Measure, internal‐external control, as measured by Rotter's I‐E scale, assertiveness, as measured by the College Self‐Expre...

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Published in:Journal of clinical psychology 1989-03, Vol.45 (2), p.260-265
Main Author: Tolor, Alexander
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Sleep
Social research
Tests
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Summary:The validity of a newly developed Boredom Proneness Scale (Farmer & Sundberg, 1986) was studied by relating alienation, as measured by Gould's Manifest Alienation Measure, internal‐external control, as measured by Rotter's I‐E scale, assertiveness, as measured by the College Self‐Expression Scale, and sleep patterns to susceptibility to boredom. The significant positive relationship between boredom and alienation and the significant negative relationship between boredom and assertiveness supported the scale's validity. Only for females was there a significant relationship between amount of sleep and boredom. Some indication of greater boredom in males as compared to females also was found.
ISSN:0021-9762
1097-4679
DOI:10.1002/1097-4679(198903)45:2<260::AID-JCLP2270450213>3.0.CO;2-G