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The Routledge International Handbook of Boredom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bieleke, Maik.
- Series:
- Routledge International Handbooks Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boredom.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (418 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
- Summary:
- This comprehensive text brings together leading contributors from across three continents and numerous fields to provide an interdisciplinary exploration of boredom, its theoretical underpinnings, experiential properties, and the applied contexts in which it occurs. It examines boredom from a range of perspectives.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- 1 Boredom is not boring
- Part I Foundations
- 2 Same same but different: what is boredom actually?
- 3 Methodological approaches to boredom and its measurement
- 4 The nature and value of boredom
- 5 The function of boredom: driving us to explore the new and different
- 6 Boredom: a Control-Value Theory approach
- 7 Boredom and the quest for meaning
- 8 A brief history of the psychology of boredom
- Part II Correlates
- 9 On the virtues of fragile self-control: boredom as a catalyst for adaptive behavior regulation
- 10 Mind-wandering as an exploratory response to boredom
- 11 Flow as an experience beyond boredom
- 12 Boredom on the brain: what can neuroimaging tell us about boredom?
- 13 Boredom proneness
- 14 On the relation of boredom and aggression
- Part III Contexts
- 15 Academic boredom
- 16 Boredom at work: a systematic review of the causes and consequences of work‑related boredom
- 17 Adolescent boredom in leisure: risks and opportunities for healthy development
- 18 Boredom, food consumption, and weight
- 19 Boredom in sports and exercise
- 20 Boredom and the psychosocial well-being of persons experiencing homelessness
- 21 Aesthetic boredom
- 22 Boredom intervention: recommendations, experiences, and preliminary evidence
- 23 Overview of current directions in boredom research
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781003271536
- 1003271537
- 9781040018262
- 1040018262
- OCLC:
- 1431980706
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