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Boredom as a seeking state: Boredom prompts the pursuit of novel (even negative) experiences.
Shane W. Bench, Heather C. Lench
Emotion (2018) Vol. 19, Iss. 2, pp. 242-254
Closed Access | Times Cited: 200

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“How to unlock myself from boredom?” The role of mindfulness and a dual awareness- and action-oriented pathway during the COVID-19 lockdown
Joachim Waterschoot, Jolene van der Kaap‐Deeder, Sofie Morbée, et al.
Personality and Individual Differences (2021) Vol. 175, pp. 110729-110729
Open Access | Times Cited: 35

Boredom proneness is associated with noisy decision-making, not risk-taking
Ofir Yakobi, James Danckert
Experimental Brain Research (2021) Vol. 239, Iss. 6, pp. 1807-1825
Open Access | Times Cited: 34

Pleasure Through Pain: An Empirical Examination of Benign Masochism in Tourism
Astrid Nørfelt, Florian Köck, Ingo Oswald Karpen, et al.
Journal of Travel Research (2022) Vol. 62, Iss. 2, pp. 448-468
Closed Access | Times Cited: 27

Boredom is the root of all evil—or is it? A psychometric network approach to individual differences in behavioural responses to boredom
Maik Bieleke, Leonie Ripper, Julia Schüler, et al.
Royal Society Open Science (2022) Vol. 9, Iss. 9
Open Access | Times Cited: 27

Playful work design, engagement and performance: the moderating roles of boredom and conscientiousness
Miriam Dishon-Berkovits, Arnold B. Bakker, Pascale Peters
The International Journal of Human Resource Management (2023) Vol. 35, Iss. 2, pp. 256-283
Open Access | Times Cited: 14

To know, to feel, to share? Exploring the motives that drive curiosity for negative content
Esther Niehoff, Suzanne Oosterwijk
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences (2020) Vol. 35, pp. 56-61
Open Access | Times Cited: 38

Existential escape of the bored: A review of meaning-regulation processes under boredom
Andrew B. Moynihan, Eric R. Igou, Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg
European Review of Social Psychology (2020) Vol. 32, Iss. 1, pp. 161-200
Open Access | Times Cited: 35

Portrait of Boredom Among Athletes and Its Implications in Sports Management: A Multi-Method Approach
Franklin Velasco, Rafael Jordà
Frontiers in Psychology (2020) Vol. 11
Open Access | Times Cited: 34

Pandemic boredom: Little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries.
Erin Corwin Westgate, Nicholas R. Buttrick, Yijun Lin, et al.
Emotion (2023) Vol. 23, Iss. 8, pp. 2370-2384
Open Access | Times Cited: 11

Coping with daily boredom: Exploring the relationships of job boredom, counterproductive work behavior, organizational citizenship behavior, and cognitive reappraisal
Andromachi Spanouli, Joeri Hofmans, Reeshad S. Dalal
Motivation and Emotion (2023) Vol. 47, Iss. 5, pp. 810-827
Open Access | Times Cited: 11

Boredom signals deviation from a cognitive homeostatic set point
Chantal Trudel, Evan F. Risko, John D. Eastwood, et al.
Communications Psychology (2025) Vol. 3, Iss. 1
Open Access

Understanding Boredom Proneness in Schizotypy: An Exploratory Study Including Substance Use and Sense of Purpose
Olivia H. McGough, Sherry D. Pujji, Jamie K. Sullivan, et al.
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment (2025) Vol. 47, Iss. 1
Open Access

A reduced perception of sensory information is linked with elevated boredom in people with and without attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Johannes P.-H. Seiler, Jonas Elpelt, Vladimir L. Mashkov, et al.
Communications Psychology (2025) Vol. 3, Iss. 1
Open Access

Origins and consequences of cognitive fatigue
Mathias Pessiglione, Bastien Blain, Antonius Wiehler, et al.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences (2025)
Closed Access

What Is Boredom And Why Is It Bad?
Lorraine L. Besser
Oxford University Press eBooks (2025), pp. 147-163
Closed Access

The effect of boredom, psychopathy and sadism on unprovoked aggression towards others
Jessica Avery Lee, Allison C. Drody, James Danckert
Journal of Criminal Psychology (2025)
Closed Access

When boredom settles in: Measurement of individual differences in boredom responses
Heather C. Lench, Nazim Asani, Sophia G. North, et al.
Personality and Individual Differences (2025) Vol. 242, pp. 113215-113215
Closed Access

Effect of Levels of Self-Regulation and Situational Stress on Achievement Emotions in Undergraduate Students: Class, Study and Testing
Jesús de la Fuente, Paola Verónica Paoloni, Manuel Mariano Vera-Martínez, et al.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2020) Vol. 17, Iss. 12, pp. 4293-4293
Open Access | Times Cited: 29

Same same but different
Wanja Wolff, Vanessa Radtke, Corinna S. Martarelli
Routledge eBooks (2024), pp. 5-29
Open Access | Times Cited: 3

The dynamics of L2 teacher boredom and their link to creativity: A ban or boon for boredom
Majid Elahi Shirvan, Tahereh Taherian, Mirosław Pawlak, et al.
International Journal of Applied Linguistics (2024)
Closed Access | Times Cited: 3

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