Relationships Between Boredom Proneness, Mindfulness, Anxiety, Depression, and Substance Use

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Academic boredom, engagement and the achievement of undergraduate students at university: a review and synthesis of relevant literature (2018, background): “…and substance abuse, eating disorders, sexual promiscuity, dangerous driving and self-harm (Kass and Vodanovich, 1990; Stikney and Miltenberger, 1999; see also Dahlen et al., 2004, 2005; Kass et al., 2010; Mercer and Eastwood, 2010; LePera, 2011; Hodgkins and Racicot, 2013; Moynihan et al., 2015).”
The Unengaged Mind (2012, background): “…evidence clearly demonstrates that boredom and the propensity to experience boredom are linked to a wide range of psychosocial problems, such as drug and alcohol abuse (e.g., LePera, 2011) and problem gambling (Mercer & Eastwood, 2010), not to mention potentially catastrophic performance errors.”
Investigating individual trajectories in experiencing boredom in the language classroom: The case of 11 Polish students of English (2020, background): “Fifth, boredom can be caused by poor attentional control which can be related to a low level of self-awareness of attention, leading to distractibility and memory lapses (attentional theory of boredom proneness; Harris, 2000; LePera, 2011).”
The good of boredom (2018, unknown): “, 2010), and are more prone to binge eating (Stickney & Miltenberger, 1999; see also Ganley, 1989), drug and alcohol abuse (Lee et al., 2007; LePera, 2011; Paulson et al., 1990), and problem gambling (Blaszczynski et al.”