Coping with boredom in school: An experience sampling perspective

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-59

  Nett, Ulrike E ^a,b   Goetz, Thomas ^a,b   Hall, Nathan C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Thurgau University of Teacher Education   (Switzerland)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boredom; Coping; Experience sampling; States; Traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650550787     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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