Investigating the relationships between boredom proneness, paranoia, and self-consciousness

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 907-919

  von Gemmingen, Mitchell J ^a   Sullivan, Bryce F ^a   Pomerantz, Andrew M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boredom proneness; Gender differences; Internal state awareness; Paranoia; Self consciousness; Self reflectiveness; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037375009     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(01)00219-7     Document Type: Article

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