Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Dec 6;17(23):9116. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17239116.
The state of boredom arises when we have the desire to be engaged in goal pursuit, but for whatever reason we cannot fulfil that desire. Boredom proneness is characterized by both frequent and intense feelings of boredom and is an enduring individual difference trait associated with a raft of negative outcomes. There has been some work in educational settings, but relatively little is known about the consequences of boredom proneness for learning. Here we explored the unique contributions of boredom proneness, self-control and self-esteem to undergraduate self-reported higher grade point average (GPA). Within educational settings, prior research has shown self-control and self-esteem to be associated with better academic performance. In contrast, boredom proneness is associated with lower levels of self-control and self-esteem. Our analyses replicate those previous findings showing that self-control acts as a positive predictor of GPA. Importantly, we further demonstrated, for the first time, that boredom proneness has a unique contribution to GPA over and above the contribution of self-control, such that as boredom proneness increases, GPA decreases. We discuss potential mechanisms through which boredom proneness may influence academic performance.
当我们有参与目标追求的欲望，但由于某种原因无法满足这种欲望时，就会产生无聊感。无聊倾向性的特点是频繁而强烈的无聊感，是一种持久的个体差异特征，与一系列负面结果相关。在教育环境中已经有一些相关研究，但对于无聊倾向性对学习的影响知之甚少。在这里，我们探讨了无聊倾向性、自我控制和自尊对本科生自我报告的较高平均绩点（GPA）的独特贡献。在教育环境中，先前的研究表明自我控制和自尊与更好的学业成绩相关。相比之下，无聊倾向性与较低的自我控制和自尊水平相关。我们的分析复制了之前的发现，表明自我控制是 GPA 的积极预测因素。重要的是，我们首次证明，除了自我控制的贡献之外，无聊倾向性对 GPA 有独特的贡献，即随着无聊倾向性的增加，GPA 下降。我们讨论了无聊倾向性可能影响学业表现的潜在机制。
