Boredom: A socially disvalued emotion

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-37

  Darden, Donna K ^a   Marks, Alan H ^b  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

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EID: 0033477884     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/027321799280280     Document Type: Article

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