Psychological Development and Education ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 430-439.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2020.04.06

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The Association between Boredom Proneness and College Students' Cognitive Failures: The Moderating and Mediating Role of Effortful Control

ZHANG Yali1, LI Sen1, YU Guoliang2   

  1. 1. School of Education, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872;
    2. Institute of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872
  • Published:2020-07-21

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Abstract: This study aimed to explore the association between boredom proneness and college students’ cognitive failures, as well as the role of effortful control. A sample of 510 college students completed the Boredom Proneness Scale,Effortful Control Questionnaire and Cognitive Failure Questionnaire. Results showed that: (1) Effortful control moderated the relation between boredom proneness and cognitive failures of college students. There was a significant positive relation between boredom proneness and cognitive failures under the low effortful control level,but the relation was not significantly under the high effortful control level; (2) Effortful control had a significant indirect effect on cognitive failures and played a fully mediating role between them.

Key words: boredom proneness, effortful control, cognitive failures, johnson-neyman technique

CLC Number: 

  • B844
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