Roles of Boredom and Life Goals in Juvenile Delinquency1

By Angela L. Newberry, Renae D. Duncan. 2001

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science

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Types of boredom: An experience sampling approach (2014, background): “…to nicotine and alcohol consumption (Amos et al. 2006), drug use (Anshel 1991), stress and health problems (Thackray 1981), juvenile delinquency (Newberry and Duncan 2001), truancy (Sommer 1985), dropout at school (Bearden et al. 1989), and negative achievement outcomes (Goetz et al. 2006,…”
Coping with boredom in school: An experience sampling perspective (2011, background): “…that boredom may also contribute to nicotine and alcohol consumption (Amos, Wiltshire, Haw, & McNeill, 2006) as well as substance abuse (Anshel, 1991), excessive gambling (Blaszczynski, McConaghy, & Frankova, 1990), distress (Barnett, 2005), and juvenile delinquency (Newberry & Duncan, 2001).”
The Possible Selves of Diverse Adolescents: Content and Function Across Gender, Race and National Origin (2006, background): “Using a somewhat different approach, Newberry and Duncan counted number of positive and negative possible selves among high school students and found that having fewer positive and more negative possible selves correlated with self-report delinquent involvement (Newberry and Duncan, 2001).”
Examining boredom : Different causes for different coping profiles (2015, unknown): “…the effects of boredom extend well beyond a transient negative affective experience (Barnett, 2005) and are associated with lower academic attainment (Pekrun et al., 2010), dropping out of school (Wegner, Flisher, Chikobvu, Lombard, & King, 2008) and juvenile delinquency (Newberry & Duncan, 2001).”
Bestial boredom: a biological perspective on animal boredom and suggestions for its scientific investigation (2017, unknown): “…proneness exists as a personality trait, predictive of addiction, aggression, depression, impulsivity, sensation seeking, dangerous driving and juvenile delinquency (Dahlen, Martin, Ragan, & Kuhlman, 2005; Harris, 2000; Mercer-Lynn, Flora, Fahlman, & Eastwood, 2013; Newberry & Duncan, 2001).”
What to do when feeling bored? Students' strategies for coping with boredom. (2010, background): “…also evidence that boredom seems to be re lated to nicotine and alcohol consumption (Amos, Wiltshire, Haw, & McNeill, 2006), substance abuse (Anshel, 1991), excessive gambling (Blaszczynski, McConaghy, & Frankova, 1990), distress (Barnett, 2005), and juvenile delinqu ency (Newberry & Duncan, 2001).”
Academic boredom, engagement and the achievement of undergraduate students at university: a review and synthesis of relevant literature (2018, background): “…Vandewiele, 1980; Wasson, 1981; Tidwell, 1988; Larson, 1991; Shaw, 1996; Belton and Pryadharshini, 2007; Macklem, 2015), irrespective of ability (Newberry and Duncan, 2001; Cullingford, 2002; Fallis and Opotow, 2003; Kanevsky and Keighley, 2003; Frenzel et al., 2010; Preckel et al., 2010), and…”
Boredom in achievement settings: Exploring control–value antecedents and performance outcomes of a neglected emotion. (2010, unknown): “…& Freeman, 2005), drug use (Anshel, 1991; Guinn, 1975), excessive gambling (Blaszcsynski, McConaghy, & Frankova, 1990), juvenile delinquency (Newberry & Duncan, 2001), divorce (Gigy & Kelly, 1992), depression and dissatisfaction with life (Farmer & Sundberg, 1986), and stress and health…”
Adolescent goal content and pursuit: A review of the literature from the past 16 years. (2008, background): “Greater self-reported delinquent behaviour is associated with greater negative possible future selves and fewer positive possible future selves (Newberry & Duncan, 2001).”
Free Time Management Contributes to Better Quality of Life: A Study of Undergraduate Students in Taiwan (2011, background): “Researchers (Ganley 1989; Newberry and Duncan 2001 ) have indicated that some social problems, such as media violence (Fedorov 2005) are motivated by boredom during free time.”
Sport in a youth prison: male young offenders' experiences of a sporting intervention (2014, background): “The scope for sport to instil postive alternative means for future self definition is especially important for young people considering a lack of positive future goals has been associated with a rnage o f negative outcomes (Newberry and Duncan, 2001; Oyserman and Markus, 1990).”