On the Possible Benefits of Boredom: A Neglected Area in Personality Research

Psychology and Education

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 28-33

  Vodanovich, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

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