Fultz Amber A, Brown Jill A, Bernieri Frank J
Oregon State University.
J Pers Assess. 2023 May-Jun;105(3):382-395. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2022.2112205. Epub 2022 Sep 2.
The present investigation reports the convergent and discriminant validity coefficients for two versions of Farmer and Sundberg's ((1), 4-17, 1986) boredom proneness scale. Boredom proneness, a trait that refers to an enduring tendency to disengage from the environment, has been neglected by the field of psychology despite its theoretical relevance to performance and psychological well-being. This report sought: (a) to validate a shortened 8-item version of the original Boredom Proneness Scale published by Struk et al. ((3), 346-359, 2017) and (b) to extensively examine the boredom proneness construct that the long and short versions of this scale assess. We employed a multitrait-multimethod approach that assessed a large number of theorized effects simultaneously. We replicated dozens of theorized and/or previously observed boredom proneness correlates (convergent validity) as well as many theorized null effects (discriminant validity). The overall pattern of significant and null effect sizes provided compelling evidence that the original boredom proneness scale as well as the 8 items that constitute the shorter version are valid measures of one's susceptibility to boredom. We propose that boredom proneness might be an underappreciated yet important theoretical moderator of Person X Situation effects.
本研究报告了法默和桑德伯格（1986年，第1期，4 - 17页）无聊倾向量表两个版本的收敛效度系数和区分效度系数。无聊倾向是一种指从环境中脱离的持久倾向的特质，尽管它在理论上与表现和心理健康相关，但在心理学领域却一直被忽视。本报告旨在：（a）验证斯特鲁克等人（2017年，第3期，346 - 359页）发表的原始无聊倾向量表的一个缩短的8项版本，以及（b）广泛检验该量表长短版本所评估的无聊倾向结构。我们采用了多特质多方法的方法，同时评估了大量理论上的效应。我们复制了几十种理论上的和/或之前观察到的无聊倾向相关性（收敛效度）以及许多理论上的零效应（区分效度）。显著效应大小和零效应大小的总体模式提供了令人信服的证据，表明原始无聊倾向量表以及构成较短版本的8个项目是衡量一个人无聊易感性的有效指标。我们提出，无聊倾向可能是一个未得到充分重视但很重要的人×情境效应的理论调节变量。
