Boredom Makes Me Sick: Adolescents' Boredom Trajectories and Their Health-Related Quality of Life.

ABSTRACT: Existing research shows consistent links between boredom and depression, somatic complaints, substance abuse, or obesity and eating disorders. However, comparatively little is known about potential psychological and physical health-related correlates of academic boredom. Evidence for such a relationship can be derived from the literature, as boredom has adverse consequences in both work and achievement-related settings. The present study investigates latent correlations of 1.484 adolescents' (Mage = 13.23) mathematics boredom scores at three time points during a semester in 2018/19 and their Rasch scaled health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Moreover, we applied latent growth curve modeling to estimate boredom trajectories across the semester and determined the relationship between the l

SUBMITTER: Schwartze MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8296113 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature