On boredom and social identity: a pragmatic meaning-regulation approach
People who feel bored experience that their current situation is meaningless and are motivated to reestablish a sense of meaningfulness. Building on the literature that conceptualizes social identification as source of meaningfulness, the authors tested the hypothesis that boredom increases the valu...
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2011-12.
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