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Great experience to present the #boredombook today w @corimartarelli.bsky.social at the boredom conference🤩
Thanks to @jamesdanckert.bsky.social for chairing, to the audience for the great discussion & to Josefa Ros for putting it all together 🙏

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June 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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#BoredomBook: Wijnand van Tilburg, Andrew Moynihan, Christian Chan & Eric Igou dissect boredom proneness. They emphasize the need to formally incorporate boredom proneness in boredom theories, cover relevant measures & outline a roadmap for future research.
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Boredom Proneness | 15 | The Routledge International Handbook of Bored
Boredom proneness, or trait boredom, occupies a prominent position within the scientific study of boredom. In this chapter, we review the role of this construct
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May 17, 2024 at 8:03 AM
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#BoredomBook: @wanjawolff.bsky.social, Christian Weich & Ursula Fischer review research on boredom in physical education, recreational exercise & performance-oriented sport. They show that boredom can deter some from exercising while others exercise to avoid boredom.
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Boredom in Sports and Exercise | 22 | The Routledge International Hand
Getting more people to exercise on a regular basis and improving athletes’ performance are key aspects of sports and exercise psychology. In turn, researchers
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June 5, 2024 at 8:18 AM
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#BoredomBook: V Tze, P Parker & L Daniels highlight the need for academic boredom interventions. Combining cognitive-behavioral & emotion-regulation approaches with control-value theory, they offer recommendations & early empirical evidence.
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Boredom Intervention | 25 | Recommendations, experiences, and prelimin
While researchers are still discovering the negative implications of boredom in various domains, its overall magnitude and persistence at school suggests that
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June 11, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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#BoredomBook: T. Goetz, @lisastempfer.bsky.social, R. Pekrun, W. van Tilburg & A. Lipnevich review research on academic boredom, covering its definition, measurement, prevalence, causes, & consequences. They present ways to tackle boredom in educational settings.

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Academic Boredom | 18 | The Routledge International Handbook of Boredo
In this chapter, we discuss academic boredom—that is, boredom that manifests itself in academic settings. We start by defining academic boredom and discussing
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May 23, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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#BoredomBook: @wanjawolff.bsky.social, Vanessa Radtke, &
Corinna Martarelli define boredom as state of inadequate function utilization that promotes exploratory behavior & plays a key role in behavior regulation. They differentiate boredom from other emotions & states.

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Same same but different | 3 | What is boredom actually? | Wanja Wolff,
Boredom poses a fascinating riddle: Although it is a ubiquitous experience, lay people and researchers often struggle with expressing what boredom actually is,
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April 30, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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#BoredomBook: A Erdemli & Geraldine Coppin investigate links between boredom & food intake. Unpacking how boredom influences eating behavior, they highlight its impact on physical & mental well-being and the need to mitigate maladaptive eating behaviors. dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Boredom, Food Consumption, and Weight | 21 | The Routledge Internation
This chapter covers how boredom leads to enhanced food consumption, what factors moderate the increased food consumption in boredom, and whether other epistemic
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June 4, 2024 at 9:55 PM
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#BoredomBook: Josefa Ros Velasco presents a brief history of boredom research, spanning from ancient philosophy to modern psychology. Shedding light on its ties to psychopathology, she uncovers the many different perspectives on boredom & its conceptualization. dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
A Brief History of the Psychology of Boredom | 9 | The Routledge Inter
Throughout history, thinkers have shown an interest in the psychological approach to boredom, either in terms of the way it is experienced or its relationship
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May 9, 2024 at 11:28 AM
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#BoredomBook: Eric Igou, Muireann O'Dea, Katy Tam & Wijnand van Tilburg explore the intricate relationship between boredom & meaning in life. They review research suggesting that boredom prompts a search for meaning through self-regulatory processes. dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Boredom and the Quest for Meaning | 8 | The Routledge International Ha
Boredom is unpleasant. Crucially, both state and trait boredom are inversely related to experiences of meaning and thus at odds with people’s need for meaning
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May 8, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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#BoredomBook: A Brielmann & P Dayan study boredom through the lens of a computational theory of aesthetic value. They show that boredom signals inadequate sensory experience, ensuring long-term processing efficiency by prompting search for new stimulation. dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Aesthetic Boredom | 24 | The Routledge International Handbook of Bored
When was the last time you skipped a song on your playlist or scrolled over an image on your Instagram feed? Why did you do it? We wager that boredom drove your
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June 11, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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#BoredomBook: Carrie Anne Marshall draws attention to boredom among people experiencing homelessness. Building on empirical & conceptual work, she unveils boredom's impact on psychosocial wellbeing and health and calls practitioners and policy makers to action.
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Boredom and the Psychosocial Well-Being of Persons Experiencing Homele
Persons who experience homelessness are disproportionately affected by boredom. Research conducted in the past decade indicates that boredom is pervasive and
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June 10, 2024 at 6:04 PM
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#BoredomBook: E Weybright & L Caldwell explore leisure & boredom in youth, stressing the importance of positive leisure contexts & parental involvement. They offer a roadmap and interventions for fostering healthy leisure experiences & coping with boredom. dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Adolescent Boredom in Leisure | 20 | Risks and opportunities for healt
This chapter explores the experience of boredom within the context of adolescent leisure, a powerful developmental context. In this chapter, we first discuss
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June 4, 2024 at 4:25 AM
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#BoredomBook: E. van Hooft & M. van Hooff explore workplace boredom based on a systematic literature review. They stress individual and organizational causes & consequences of boredom at work, deriving recommendations for both researchers & practitioners.
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Boredom at Work | 19 | A systematic review of the causes and consequen
In contemporary workplaces, it is not uncommon that employees experience boredom. Work-related boredom is a profound negative and often deactivating
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May 24, 2024 at 8:26 PM
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#BoredomBook: Christine Artak & @stepf.bsky.social focus on the link between boredom and aggression. They explore trait and state boredom's interpersonal consequences and discuss why aggression appears to be an alluring remedy for boredom due to understimulation.
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On the Relation of Boredom and Aggression | 16 | The Routledge Interna
In this chapter, we discuss how aggression is cure of boredom, with aggressive entertainment pleasing both the ancient Romans of the grand Colosseum as well as
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May 22, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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#BoredomBook: Allison Drody, Ofir Yakobi &
James Danckert explore neural correlates of boredom. They focus on fMRI & EEG studies indicating an involvement of default mode network & insula and corroborating links between boredom & attentional disengagement. dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Boredom on the Brain | 14 | What can neuroimaging tell us about boredo
Boredom is a ubiquitous human experience, one characterized by disengagement of attention, poor self-control, and negative affective evaluations. While the bulk
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May 16, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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#BoredomBook: David Weibel & Bartholomäus Wissmath study boredom through the lens of flow research, illuminating transitions between flow & boredom experiences. Besides a theoretical overview, they discuss strategies for promoting flow & avoiding boredom. dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Flow As An Experience Beyond Boredom | 13 | The Routledge Internationa
The holistic experience of flow was first proposed by Csikszentmihalyi in 1975. Flow can be described as a mental state of operation in which a person is fully
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May 15, 2024 at 6:33 AM
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#BoredomBook: Corinna Martarelli & Ambroise Baillifard characterize the link between boredom & different forms of mind-wandering. They portray mind-wandering as a potential explorative response to boredom when changes in activity are not possible or desired. dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Mind-Wandering As An Exploratory Response To Boredom | 12 | The Routle
In this chapter, the link between mind-wandering and boredom is introduced and defined. Despite the intuitive overlap between the two constructs, there is
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May 14, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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#BoredomBook: @mbieleke.bsky.social, @wanjawolff.bsky.social & Alex Bertrams argue that less self-control is allocated to boring tasks, permitting optimal balance of exploration & exploitation. Their perspective addresses open questions in boredom & self-control research. dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
On the Virtues of Fragile Self-Control | 11 | Boredom as a catalyst fo
Self-control is a fragile mechanism by design, and there is an ongoing debate about the reasons for this fragility. A mechanistically plausible perspective is
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May 10, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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#BoredomBook: Reinhard Pekrun & Thomas Goetz explore boredom through control-value theory, differentiating it from other emotions and gaining insights into causes & consequences. Dynamic interactions offer leverage points for effective boredom regulation.
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Boredom | 7 | A Control-Value Theory approach | Reinhard Pekrun, Thoma
Control-Value Theory (CVT) posits that perceptions of control and value are main drivers of human emotions, including boredom. This chapter explains how CVT
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May 7, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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#BoredomBook: Noah Reed, Nazim Asani, Van Dang, & Heather Lench emphasize the significance of boredom as fundamental emotion that motivates novelty-seeking. They emphasize its role in exploration and its complex interaction with adaptive goal engagement. dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
The Function of Boredom | 6 | Driving us to explore the new and differ
The motivation to pursue novel opportunities and experiences is often attributed to interest, but this appears to be only part of the story. Theory and evidence
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May 6, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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#BoredomBook: Andreas Elpidorou presents a functional view on boredom, exploring its harms and benefits. He identifies boredom as facilitator of behaviors that restore cognitive engagement & emphasizes the need to understand its role in self-regulation. dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
The Nature and Value of Boredom | 5 | The Routledge International Hand
By exploring boredom’s relationship to cognitive engagement, the chapter advances a functional understanding of boredom and investigates its potential value in
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May 3, 2024 at 9:15 AM
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#BoredomBook: Corinna S. Martarelli & Nathanael S. Jost review subjective & objective methods for assessing boredom. They highlight various approaches, from self-report to behavioral & neuroscientific assessments, & advocate for method triangulation. dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Methodological approaches to boredom and its measurement | 4 | The Rou
The goal of this chapter is to review the methodologies used to assess boredom. The most widely used methods are self-report measures in the context of
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May 2, 2024 at 6:52 PM