DOES A LACK OF LIFE MEANING CAUSE BOREDOM? RESULTS FROM PSYCHOMETRIC, LONGITUDINAL, AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES
DOES A LACK OF LIFE MEANING CAUSE BOREDOM? RESULTS FROM PSYCHOMETRIC, LONGITUDINAL, AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES
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DOI：
10.1521/jscp.2009.28.3.307
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发表时间：
2009-03-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Eastwood, John D.
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作者：
Fahlman, Shelley A.;Mercer, Kimberley B.;Eastwood, John D.
存在主义理论和之前的定性研究表明，缺乏生活意义和目的会导致无聊，以及其他类型的负面影响，例如抑郁或焦虑。尽管这些变量已被证明在某个时间点是相关的，但尚未使用受控的定量研究设计来研究这些结构之间的关系。在研究 1a（N = 131）中，无聊被证明与生活意义、抑郁和焦虑相关，但在心理测量上有所不同。在研究 1b（N = 88）中，生命意义可以显着预测无聊随时间的变化，而抑郁和焦虑却不能。此外，随着时间的推移，无聊是生活意义变化的重要预测因素，而抑郁和焦虑则不然。最后，在研究 2（N = 102）中，操纵对生活意义的感知显着改变了无聊感，而操纵情绪却没有。讨论了生命意义和无聊之间关系的本质，以及一些临床意义。
Existential theory and previous qualitative research have suggested that a lack of life meaning and purpose causes boredom, as well as other types of negative affect such as depression or anxiety. Although these variables have been shown to be correlated at one point in time, the relationships among these constructs have not been investigated using a controlled, quantitative research design. In Study 1a (N = 131), boredom was shown to be related to, yet psychometrically distinct from, life meaning, depression, and anxiety. In Study 1b (N = 88), life meaning significantly predicted changes in boredom across time while depression and anxiety did not. In addition, boredom was a significant predictor of changes in life meaning across time, while depression and anxiety were not. Finally, in Study 2 (N = 102), manipulating perceptions of life meaning significantly changed boredom, while a manipulation of mood did not. The nature of the relationship between life meaning and boredom, as well as some clinical implications, are discussed.