York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Assessment. 2013 Oct;20(5):585-96. doi: 10.1177/1073191111408229. Epub 2011 May 12.
There are two commonly used measures of boredom: the Boredom Proneness Scale (BPS) and the Boredom Susceptibility Scale (ZBS). Although both were designed to measure the propensity to experience boredom (i.e., trait boredom), there are reasons to think they may not measure the same construct. The present research sought to evaluate this proposition in several stages. Specifically, relationships between the BPS, ZBS, and important causal (Study 1, N = 837), correlational (Study 2, N = 233), and outcome variables (Study 3, N = 137) were examined in university students. Taken together, results support the notion that the BPS and ZBS do not measure the same construct. Specifically, higher BPS scores were associated with higher levels of neuroticism, experiential avoidance, attentional and nonplanning impulsivity, anxiety, depression, dysphoria, and emotional eating. Conversely, higher ZBS scores were associated with higher levels of motor impulsivity, sensitivity to reward, gambling, and alcohol use and lower levels of neuroticism, experiential avoidance, and sensitivity to punishment.
无聊倾向量表(BPS)和无聊易感性量表(ZBS)。虽然这两种量表都是为了衡量体验无聊的倾向(即特质无聊)而设计的,但有理由认为它们可能无法衡量相同的结构。本研究旨在分几个阶段评估这一观点。具体来说,在大学生中,研究 1(N=837)评估了 BPS、ZBS 与重要因果变量之间的关系,研究 2(N=233)评估了相关变量,研究 3(N=137)评估了结果变量。综合来看,研究结果支持这样一种观点,即 BPS 和 ZBS 并不衡量相同的结构。具体而言,较高的 BPS 得分与神经质、体验回避、注意力和非计划冲动、焦虑、抑郁、烦躁和情绪化进食等水平较高有关。相反,较高的 ZBS 得分与运动冲动、对奖励的敏感性、赌博和饮酒等水平较高以及神经质、体验回避和对惩罚的敏感性较低有关。