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The Effect of Boredom on College Students’ Meaning in Life: A Longitudinal Mediation Model
Boredom is a common emotional experience in daily life adversely affecting individual physical health, mental health, and social functioning. Therefore, it is an important issue to improve the quality of life by ameliorating individuals’ state of boredom. We used a longitudinal research approach. Fi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9564919/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231569 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912255 |
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description | Boredom is a common emotional experience in daily life adversely affecting individual physical health, mental health, and social functioning. Therefore, it is an important issue to improve the quality of life by ameliorating individuals’ state of boredom. We used a longitudinal research approach. First, we tested 728 participants with the Multidimensional State Boredom Scale (MSBS). Then, after 3 months, the participants filled out the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI), Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS), and Meaning of Life Questionnaire (MILQ); 715 valid questionnaires were obtained. Results showed that cognitive flexibility played a mediating role between boredom and the presence of meaning in life, but social support did not. The total effect of boredom on the presence of meaning in life was significant. Cognitive flexibility and social support played a mediating role between boredom and the search for meaning in life, respectively, but the overall effect of boredom on the search for meaning in life was not significant. This study found that boredom has different effects on the presence of meaning in life and the search for meaning in life. It can improve individuals’ sense of meaning in life by reducing boredom and improving cognitive flexibility and social support. |
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spelling | pubmed-95649192022-10-15 The Effect of Boredom on College Students’ Meaning in Life: A Longitudinal Mediation Model Li, Xushan Jia, Xiaoming Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Boredom is a common emotional experience in daily life adversely affecting individual physical health, mental health, and social functioning. Therefore, it is an important issue to improve the quality of life by ameliorating individuals’ state of boredom. We used a longitudinal research approach. First, we tested 728 participants with the Multidimensional State Boredom Scale (MSBS). Then, after 3 months, the participants filled out the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI), Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS), and Meaning of Life Questionnaire (MILQ); 715 valid questionnaires were obtained. Results showed that cognitive flexibility played a mediating role between boredom and the presence of meaning in life, but social support did not. The total effect of boredom on the presence of meaning in life was significant. Cognitive flexibility and social support played a mediating role between boredom and the search for meaning in life, respectively, but the overall effect of boredom on the search for meaning in life was not significant. This study found that boredom has different effects on the presence of meaning in life and the search for meaning in life. It can improve individuals’ sense of meaning in life by reducing boredom and improving cognitive flexibility and social support. MDPI 2022-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9564919/ /pubmed/36231569 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912255 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Li, Xushan Jia, Xiaoming The Effect of Boredom on College Students’ Meaning in Life: A Longitudinal Mediation Model |
title | The Effect of Boredom on College Students’ Meaning in Life: A Longitudinal Mediation Model |
title_full | The Effect of Boredom on College Students’ Meaning in Life: A Longitudinal Mediation Model |
title_fullStr | The Effect of Boredom on College Students’ Meaning in Life: A Longitudinal Mediation Model |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Boredom on College Students’ Meaning in Life: A Longitudinal Mediation Model |
title_short | The Effect of Boredom on College Students’ Meaning in Life: A Longitudinal Mediation Model |
title_sort | effect of boredom on college students’ meaning in life: a longitudinal mediation model |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9564919/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231569 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912255 |
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