Construction and validation of a boredom scale in adolescents
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https://doi.org/10.55414/ap.v39i3.895Keywords:
boredom, psychometry, students, adolescenceAbstract
Boredom is a reactive state of emotion where the environment is perceived as uninteresting and generating little curiosity. High levels of boredom are a risk factor for social, academic and clinical problems, especially in adolescents. Due to the importance of detecting the presence of boredom in adolescents, this study set out to construct a scale to assess boredom in this Mexican population. The scale was applied to 600 adolescents, 282 men (47%) and 311 women (53%), in an aged range between 12 and 18 years (M= 15.04, SD= 1.7). The final version of 7 items obtained 0.77 of Cronbach’s α, and there were identified two components: Boredom Tendency (α=0.69), and Lack of Interest (α=0.73), which explain the 56.1% of the total variance. Confirmatory factorial analysis showed the bifactorial model obtaining a good adjustment. EsAb for adolescents is a brief and reliable instrument to detect boredom in adolescents, which can be a great utility screening tool.
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