The phenomenon of boredom

By Marion Martin, G. Sadlo, G. Stew. 2006

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology

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Crafting one’s leisure time in response to high job strain (2016, background): “Complete lack of demands at home is associated with boredom and lack of meaning (Martin et al., 2006) and is not expected to be a favourable condition for leisure crafting.”
Academic boredom, engagement and the achievement of undergraduate students at university: a review and synthesis of relevant literature (2018, background): “In the work of Martin et al. (2006) in one area of the UK, for example, 20 interviews with 10 participants aged 18 to 81 recruited through adverts placed in the local newspaper, a job centre, a residential home and places of work identified a small range of antecedents associated with boredom…”
Boredom Proneness: Its Relationship with Subjective Underemployment, Perceived Organizational Support, and Job Performance (2010, background): “The occurrence of work-related boredom appears common (Farnworth 1998; Fisher 1987; Garson 1975; Guest et al. 1978; Joyce 2005; Kornhauser 1965; Martin et al. 2006; Rubin 1976; Smith 1955), and the general experience of”
The good of boredom (2018, unknown): “That is, in order to alleviate boredom an individual might be motivated to change her situation or she might engage in a different mental activity, such as mind-wandering (Game, 2007; Harris, 2000; Martin et al., 2006).”
The bored mind is a guiding mind: toward a regulatory theory of boredom (2018, background): “…such an explanation of retrospective time estimation seems to run counter to the claim that the experience of boredom is one in which time appears to last longer (Gabriel, 1998; Greenson, 1953; Hartocollis, 1972; Heidegger, 1983/2001; Martin et al., 2006; Tze et al., 2013; Wangh, 1975; Watt, 1991).”
The Unengaged Mind (2012, background): “206) during boredom, which is consistent with low arousal; on the other hand, it is reported that boredom involves feelings of restlessness and irritability, which is consistent with elevated arousal (e.g., Harris, 2000; Martin et al., 2006).”
Examining boredom : Different causes for different coping profiles (2015, unknown): “Building on other work addressing potential antecedents to boredom (e.g., Loukidou, Loan-Clarke, & Daniels, 2009; Martin, Sadlo, & Stew, 2006), Daschmann et al. identified eight discrete factors that contribute to boredom: being over-challenged, being under-challenged, being bored by an unchanging…”
Bestial boredom: a biological perspective on animal boredom and suggestions for its scientific investigation (2017, background): “Theoretical considerations Valence and arousal qualities of boredom There is little dispute that boredom is negatively valenced (e.g. Eastwood, Frischen, Fenske, & Smilek, 2012; Martin et al., 2006), so that will not be discussed further, except to highlight that it predicts animals will attempt to ”