Do Situational and Personality Factors Interact to Produce Boredom?

dc.contributor.authorMercer-Lynn, Kimberley B
dc.contributor.authorBar, Rachel J.
dc.contributor.authorEastwood, John D.
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-14T19:37:10Z
dc.date.available2019-03-14T19:37:10Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractBoredom can be caused by personality characteristics such as the tendency to become frequently bored. Situational factors such as being in a boring situation can also cause boredom. However, situational and personality factors do not work together in producing boredom. Lastly, some individuals experience boredom more often because of an aspect of their personality, regardless of the environment they are in.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKnowledge Mobilization at York - York University’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit provides services for faculty, graduate students, community and government seeking to maximize the impact of academic research and expertise on public policy, social programming, and professional practice. This summary has been supported by the Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation at York and project funding from SSHRC and CIHR. kmbunit@yorku.ca www.researchimpact.caen_US
dc.identifier00349
dc.identifier.citationMercer-Lynn, K. B., Bar, R. J., & Eastwood, J. D. (2014). Causes of boredom: The person, the situation, or both? Personality and Individual Differences, 56, 122-126.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/35978
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canadaen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/en_US
dc.subjectBoredomen_US
dc.titleDo Situational and Personality Factors Interact to Produce Boredom?en_US
dc.typeResearch Summaryen_US

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