Exploring the Utility of the Multidimensional State Boredom 					Scale

Hunter, Jennifer A.; Dyer, Kieran J.; Cribbie, Robert A.; Eastwood, John D.

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“…Although participants experienced this pervasive boredom, these long periods of silence and having "nothing to do" were punctuated by infrequent and random periods of highly stimulating and stress-inducing events, including aggression, visits by police to the shelter and on the street, and the unusual behaviours of others within their environments. Still, they identified that boredom was pervasive in their lives, and the fact that their scores were the same or above those in the study by Hunter et al (2015) is especially significant. These ratings suggest that the stimulation afforded by their environments was typically so low that they experienced boredom to the same degree or more than participants who were exposed to a circumstance designed by a research team to induce boredom.…”

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confidence: 68%

“…Boredom and meaningful activity engagement. We compared participant scores on the MSBS to a sample mean generated from an experimental study of boredom, where participants were exposed to a boredom condition using the same measure (Hunter et al, 2015). Only one participant (7.7%) did not endorse experiencing state boredom, with the rest reporting as bored (61.5%) or highly bored (30.8%).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Boredom and meaningful activity in adults experiencing homelessness: A mixed-methods study

Marshall¹,

Davidson²,

Li³

et al. 2019

Can J Occup Ther

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Background. Boredom has been reported as a frequent problem experienced by homeless persons, with implications for mental and social well-being. Purpose. This study aimed to explore the nature and impact of boredom in the lives of homeless and formerly homeless persons. Method. A mixed-methods design was used to engage 13 participants in a structured 92-item quantitative interview using six standardized measures, followed by a semistructured qualitative interview. Correlational analyses were performed with the data compiled from the quantitative interviews, and grounded theory strategies were used to analyze our qualitative data. The two analyses were integrated at the stage of interpretation. Findings. Boredom was described as a profound and pervasive experience for homeless persons, imposing deleterious impacts on mental well-being and driving substance use. A strong positive correlation between meaningful activity and mental well-being (r s ¼ .767, p <. 01) and a strong negative correlation between boredom and belonging in one's community (r s ¼-.771, p < .01) were identified. Implications. Boredom is a critical topic of study for occupational therapy in the area of homelessness. Future research is needed to design and test interventions to optimize the mental well-being, participation, and social connectedness of this population. Abré gé Description. L'ennui a été décrit comme un problème vécu fréquemment par les personnes sans-abri et entraînant des conséquences pour le bien-être mental et social. But. Cette étude visait à explorer la nature et l'impact de l'ennui sur la vie de personnes sans-abri et anciennement sans-abri. Méthodologie. Un devis à méthodologie mixte a été utilisé pour faire participer 13 sujets à un entretien structuré comportant 92 questions quantitatives basées sur six mesures normatives, suivi d'un entretien qualitatif semi-structuré. Des analyses corrélationnelles ont été effectuées avec les données compilées à partir des entretiens quantitatifs, et des stratégies de théorisation ancrée ont été utilisées pour les données qualitatives. Les deux analyses ont été intégrées à l'étape de l'interprétation. Résultats. L'ennui a été décrit comme une expérience profonde et répandue chez les personnes sans-abri, qui entraîne des effets néfastes pour le bien-être mental, de même que l'usage de substances psychoactives. Une forte corrélation positive a été observée entre les activités signifiantes et le bien-être mental [r s ¼ 0,767, p <0, 01], et une forte corrélation négative a été observée entre l'ennui et le sentiment d'appartenance à la communauté [r s ¼-0,771, p < 0,01]. Conséquences. L'ennui est un sujet d'étude important en ergothérapie dans le domaine de l'itinérance. D'autres recherches devront être menées pour concevoir et tester des interventions visant à optimiser le bien-être mental, la participation et l'appartenance sociale de cette clientèle.

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confidence: 68%

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confidence: 99%

Boredom and meaningful activity in adults experiencing homelessness: A mixed-methods study

Marshall¹,

Davidson²,

Li³

et al. 2019

Can J Occup Ther

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“…Ongoing engagement in activities necessary to maintain survival has been reported in other studies that focus on the activities of homeless persons both during (Marshall et al, 2017) and following homelessness (Heuchemer & Josephsson, 2006;Marshall et al, 2018). Although he reported that boredom didn't factor into his experiences, BP's score on the MSBS was over one standard deviation above the mean when compared with those exposed to a boredom condition in an experimental study, and four standard deviations above the mean when compared with those in a non-boredom condition in the same study (Hunter et al, 2016). Alexander described an intense form of boredom while living in a shelter.…”

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confidence: 58%

“…BP reported a much lower level of boredom (MSBS) at followup (baseline ¼ 158; follow-up ¼ 114), whereas Alexander reported a marginally higher degree of boredom (baseline ¼ 140; follow-up ¼ 143). When compared with a sample of participants in an experimental study of boredom using the MSBS, both BP and Alexander's scores at baseline and follow-up fell within one standard deviation of the mean for participants who were exposed to a 'boredom' condition, and more than four standard deviations above the scores of those in a control condition (Hunter et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 76%

Meaningful Activity and Boredom in the Transition from Homelessness: Two Narratives

Marshall¹,

Keogh-Lim²,

Koop³

et al. 2020

Can J Occup Ther

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Background. Few studies have examined boredom and meaningful activity during the transition from homeless to housed, and those that exist are retrospective. Purpose. To prospectively examine how meaningful activities and boredom are experienced during the process of leaving homelessness. Method. Using a mixed-methods case study design, we interviewed 13 homeless participants at baseline using a 92-item quantitative interview, followed by a semi-structured qualitative interview. Two participants were located six months later and were interviewed again using the same protocol. Quantitative data are presented descriptively. Qualitative data were analyzed using narrative analysis. Findings. Qualitative data revealed two unique narratives of boredom and meaningful activity engagement in the transition from homeless to housed, with opportunities for engagement in meaningful activity limited largely by the social and housing environments in which both participants were situated. Quantitative data indicates that boredom and meaningful activity changed little before and after homelessness. At both baseline and follow-up, boredom scores for both participants were comparable to a sample of participants who were exposed to a “boredom” condition in an experimental study ( Hunter, Dyer, Cribbie, & Eastwood, 2016 ). Implications. Formerly homeless persons may struggle to engage in meaningful activity, and boredom may negatively affect mental well-being. Research with larger samples is needed.

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“…Time perception and sense of control were also manipulated to DOI: 10.1159/000511312 maximize feelings of boredom: participants assigned to watch boring videos were made to feel they had no choice over video content and were told that the video would end after 20 min, although it continued for 25. Hunter et al [53] used a similar induction. In both of these studies [17,53], state boredom scores on the MSBS were sensitive to boredom manipulation.…”

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Boredom in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Lost Criterion Reconsidered

2020

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Difficulty with boredom was eliminated from the formal diagnostic criteria for borderline personality disorder (BPD) in 1994 based on significantly limited, unpublished data. However, it is apparent in clinical practice that boredom remains relevant to BPD. This review synthesizes empirical research, with consideration of theoretical accounts, to critically examine the relevance of boredom to BPD. We first briefly review issues in defining and measuring boredom and offer an expanded conceptualization for BPD, which includes the notion of boredom reactivity, before turning to boredom’s differentiation from and overlap with feelings of emptiness, with which it was paired prior to its removal from the DSM. We then discuss perspectives on boredom’s significance in BPD, briefly touching on its relevance in other personality disorders. We propose a Boredom Cascade Model that articulates how boredom and boredom reactivity interact with identity disturbance and chronic emptiness to create escalating patterns of behavioral dysregulation and make recommendations for research and treatment.

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Exploring the Utility of the Multidimensional State Boredom Scale

Cited by 47 publications

References 28 publications

Boredom and meaningful activity in adults experiencing homelessness: A mixed-methods study

Boredom and meaningful activity in adults experiencing homelessness: A mixed-methods study

Meaningful Activity and Boredom in the Transition from Homelessness: Two Narratives

Boredom in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Lost Criterion Reconsidered

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