Rich environments, dull experiences
How environment can exacerbate the effect of constraint on the experience of boredom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21504735 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andriy A Struk (University of Waterloo, corresponding author), Abigail A Scholer (0000-0001-8531-4436, University of Waterloo), James Danckert (0000-0001-8093-066X, University of Waterloo), Paul Seli (0000-0002-5398-6999, Duke University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1517-1523 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cognition & Emotion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-9931 • E-ISSN: 1464-0600 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02699931.2020.1763919 |
| PMID | 32401144 |
| OpenAlex | W3024502820 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 20 |
We examined the hypothesis that boredom is likely to occur when opportunity costs are high; that is, when there is a high potential value of engaging in activities other than the researcher-assigned activity. To this end, participants were either placed in a room with many possible affordances (e.g. a laptop, puzzle, etc.; affordances condition; n = 121), or they were ushered into an empty room (control condition; n = 107). In both conditions participants were instructed to entertain themselves with only their thoughts (hence, participants in the affordances condition were to refrain from engaging with the available options). As predicted, participants in the affordances condition reported higher levels of boredom compared with those in the control condition. Results suggest that under some conditions, environments that afford alternative activities may be more boring than those that are void of such activities
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Dominance statistics
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2.67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |