Tam, Katy YY and Chan, Christian S and Van Tilburg, Wijnand AP and Lavi, Iris and Lau, Jennifer YF (2023) Boredom belief moderates the mental health impact of boredom among young people: Correlational and multi-wave longitudinal evidence gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Personality, 91 (3). pp. 638-652. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12764
Tam, Katy YY and Chan, Christian S and Van Tilburg, Wijnand AP and Lavi, Iris and Lau, Jennifer YF (2023) Boredom belief moderates the mental health impact of boredom among young people: Correlational and multi-wave longitudinal evidence gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Personality, 91 (3). pp. 638-652. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12764
Tam, Katy YY and Chan, Christian S and Van Tilburg, Wijnand AP and Lavi, Iris and Lau, Jennifer YF (2023) Boredom belief moderates the mental health impact of boredom among young people: Correlational and multi-wave longitudinal evidence gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Personality, 91 (3). pp. 638-652. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12764
Abstract
Objectives Young people’s experience of boredom and its psychological health sequelae have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study examined the moderating role of boredom beliefs—the extent to which one affectively dislikes boredom (boredom dislike) and cognitively accepts it (boredom normalcy)—on the association between boredom experience and mental well-being. We also validated a new measure of boredom beliefs in two different samples of young people. Method We report data from a correlational study with British young people aged 12–25 (Study 1; N = 2,495) and a 16-week eight-wave within-subject study with Israeli adolescents aged 12–18 (Study 2; N = 314). Results Across both studies, disliking boredom was associated with higher frequency and intensity of boredom. Boredom dislike moderated the negative association between boredom and mental well-being, such that the association was more salient among those who strongly disliked boredom. Normalizing boredom was positively associated with mental well-being. The measure of boredom beliefs demonstrated fair validity and reliability. Conclusion Results provide novel insights into the potential buffering effect of boredom beliefs against the mental health impact of boredom, particularly at a time of reduced activity. These findings generalize across two different countries.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | adolescents; boredom; COVID-19; emotion beliefs; mental well-being; young adults |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2022 12:14 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 20:10 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/33198 |
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