Academic boredom(s): a person-centered investigation

Frontiers in Sociology

Sociology

Alexandra Niculescu¹  Dirk Tempelaar² 

[1] Centre for Learning Science, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland;Department of Quantitative Economics, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands;

关键词: academic boredom;    activity boredom;    epistemic boredom;    person-centered modeling;    dispositional learning analytics;    boredom antecedents;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fsoc.2023.1190872

 received in 2023-03-21, accepted in 2023-07-20,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Should we refer to boredom or boredoms? Research on the emotion of boredom sets itself apart from studies on other emotions by posing the question: is boredom a singular concept or does it have multiple facets? In this manuscript presenting empirical research on academic boredom, our aim is to demonstrate the justification for claiming a distinct position. Person-centered models examining university students' achievement emotions reveal the existence of multiple types of boredom, in contrast to other learning emotions that are typically represented as singular constructs. Using data generated by dispositional learning analytics applications, we further investigate the progression of learning boredom over time, exploring the impact of the pandemic and analyzing how various student learning aptitudes, such as mindsets, epistemological beliefs, epistemic emotions, learning motivation, engagement, as well as demographic factors like gender and culture, can be considered as potential antecedents or triggers of boredom. Consistent with the control-value theory of achievement emotions, we conclude that control and value constructs serve as proximal antecedents of boredom, alongside epistemic boredom as a distal antecedent. However, the relationships between boredom and its antecedents exhibit notable variations across different types of boredom.

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