Psychological Development and Education ›› 2010, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (3): 308-314.

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The Development of Boredom Proneness Questionnaire for College Students

HUANG Shi-hua1, LI Dong-ling1, ZHANG Wei2, LI Dong-ping2, ZHONG Hai-rong1, HUANG Cheng-ken1   

  1. 1. School of Economic and Management, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006;
    2. Department of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631
  • Online:2010-05-15 Published:2010-05-15

Abstract: This research was intended to revise the Boredom Proneness Scale,and to develop the questionnaire for our college students.The revising work is based on the review of current literature,open-ended questionnaire survey,interviewing college students,and analyzing the data of 972 students by exploratory factor analysis.The results are as follows:(1) there were two dimensions in the questionnaire:external stimulation and internal stimulation; (2) these two dimensions contained six factors:monotony,constraint,loneliness,strain,self-control and creativity; (3) the reliability and validity of the questionnaire and its application were relatively good.

Key words: the boredom proneness, college students

CLC Number: 

  • G449
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