Boredom is not boring

Handbook of Boredom

Authors
Affiliations

Maik Bieleke

Sport Psychology Lab, Department of Sport Science, University of Konstanz, Germany

Wanja Wolff

Sport Psychology Lab, Department of of Sport Science, University of Konstanz, Germany
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland

Corinna S. Martarelli

Faculty of Psychology, UniDistance Suisse, Switzerland

Published

2024

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Abstract

That boredom is not boring is a long-established insight among many of the greatest thinkers in history. This is also reflected in a steadily increasing number of researchers who turn their attention to boredom across scientific disciplines. Their various insights and perspectives are the foundations of this book, to which the present chapter provides a brief introduction and overview.