Some Reflections on Boredom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8333549 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aaron H Esman (120 West 57 Street New York, New York 10019, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 423-439 |
| Publication date | 1979-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000306517902700208 |
| PMID | 479516 |
| OpenAlex | W1758950174 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
Boredom is a complex mental phenomenon, incorporating both affective and cognitive components, which cannot be understood within the confines of conflict theory alone. The paucity of fantasy in the bored person may reflect a developmental ego defect as well as, or instead of, the commonly-cited impulse-defense conflicts. The need for externally-supplied stimulation characteristic of persons with a field-dependent cognitive style, and/or characterological passivity may be among the significant predisposing factors for the development of boredom, and phase-specific factors may encourage its occurrence at particular periods of life. Boredom in the analyst, too, is multiply determined; the analytic situation itself contains features that contribute to it
Boredom · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Fantasy · Id, ego and super-ego · Impulse (physics) · Phenomenon · Computer Science · Educational Games and Gamification · Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences · Mind wandering and attention · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1983 - 2016 (34) |
| Highly cited | No |