Thesis
COLLEGE STUDENT BOREDOM AND TRAIT BOREDOM: A BORING CONCEPTUALIZATION AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE MEANING AND ATTENTIONAL COMPONENTS (MAC) MODEL
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
01/2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000004506
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/125159
Abstract
Boredom is a ubiquitous, yet in many ways poorly understood, emotion. Our conceptualization of boredom is inconsistent and research has been limited until the last decade, leaving more to be understood. Guided by the Meaning and Attentional Components (MAC) model of boredom and using a prevention science framework, the purpose of the current study is to understand how college students conceptualize boredom and explore how MAC model components are represented in student perceptions and experiences of trait boredom, including proneness and susceptibility. College students conceptualize boredom as context, mismatch, Emotion, and technology/media. The MAC model components of meaning and attention predicted boredom proneness and susceptibility. Specifically, meaning was only a significant predictor for boredom proneness and attention was a significant predictor for both boredom proneness and susceptibility. This demonstrates how the two constructs of trait boredom operate differently within the MAC model. Information from my thesis will provide a better understanding of the meaning and underlying mechanisms of trait boredom and contribute to a long-term goal of identifying how boredom operates in college students so we can effectively promote healthy boredom coping.
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- Title
- COLLEGE STUDENT BOREDOM AND TRAIT BOREDOM: A BORING CONCEPTUALIZATION AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE MEANING AND ATTENTIONAL COMPONENTS (MAC) MODEL
- Creators
- Erica Lynn Doering
- Contributors
- Elizabeth H Weybright (Advisor)Sammy Perone (Committee Member)Sarah Ullrich-French (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Human Development, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 112
- Identifiers
- 99900882331301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis