Pandemic boredom: little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries

Some public officials have expressed concern that policies mandating collective public health behaviors (e.g., national/regional “lockdown”) may result in behavioral fatigue that ultimately renders such policies ineffective. Boredom, specifically, has been singled out as one potential risk factor...

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Main Authors: Westgate, Eric C, Buttrick, Nicholas R, Lin, Yijun, Helou, Gaelle El, Agostini, Maximilian, Belanger, Jocelyn J, Gutzkow, Ben, Kreienkamp, Jannis, Abakoumkin, Georgios, Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum, Ahmedi, Vjollca, Akkas, Handan, Almenara, Carlos A, Atta, Mohsin, Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem, Basel, Sima, Kida, Edona Berisha, Bernardo, Allan B. I., Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit, Choi, Hoon-Seok, Cristea, Mioara, Csaba, Sara, Damnjanović, Kaja, Danyliuk, Ivan, Dash, Arobindu, Di Santo, Daniela, Douglas, Karen M, Enea, Violeta, Faller, Daiane, Fitzsimons, Gavan J, Gheorghiu, Alexandra, Gómez, Ángel, Hamaidia, Ali, Han, Qing, Helmy, Mai, Hudiyana, Joevarian, Jeronimus, Bertus F, Jiang, Ding-Yu, Jovanović, Veljko, Kamenov, Zeljka, Kende, Anna, Keng, Shian-Ling, Tra, Thi Thanh Kieu, Koc, Yasin, Kovyazina, Kamila, Kozytska, Inna, Krause, Joshua, Kruglanski, Arie W, Kurapov, Anton, Kutlaca, Maja, Lantos, Nóra Anna, Lemay Jr., Edward P, Lesmana, Cokorda Bagus J, Louis, Winnifred R, Lueders, Adrian, Maj, Marta, Malik, Najma Iqbal, Martinez, Anton P, McCabe, Kira O, Mehulić, Jasmina, Milla, Mirra Noor, Mohammed, Idris, Molinario, Erica, Moyano, Manuel, Muhammad, Hayat, Mula, Silvana, Muluk, Hamdi, Myroniuk, Solomiia, Najafi, Reza, Nisa, Claudia F, Nyúl, Boglárka, O'Keefe, Paul A, Osuna, Jose Javier Olivas, Osin, Evgeny N, Park, Joonha, Pica, Gennaro, Pierro, Antonio, Rees, Jonas H, Reitsema, Anne Margit, Resta, Elena, Rullo, Marika, Ryan, Michelle K, Samekin, Adil, Santilla, Pekka, Sasin, Edyta, Schumpe, Birga M, Selim, Heyla A, Stanton, Michael Vicente, Stroebe, Wolfgang, Sutton, Robbie M, Tseliou, Eleftheria, Utsugi, Akira, van Breen, Jolien A, Van Lissa, Caspar J, Van Veen, Kees, vanDellen, Michelle R, Vázquez, Alexandra, Wollast, Robin, Yeung, Victoria Wai-lan, Zand, Somayeh, Žeželj, Iris Lav, Zheng, Bang, Zick, Andreas, Zúñiga, Claudia, Leander, N Pontus
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Westgate, Eric C
Buttrick, Nicholas R
Lin, Yijun
Helou, Gaelle El
Agostini, Maximilian
Belanger, Jocelyn J
Gutzkow, Ben
Kreienkamp, Jannis
Abakoumkin, Georgios
Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum
Ahmedi, Vjollca
Akkas, Handan
Almenara, Carlos A
Atta, Mohsin
Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem
Basel, Sima
Kida, Edona Berisha
Bernardo, Allan B. I.
Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit
Choi, Hoon-Seok
Cristea, Mioara
Csaba, Sara
Damnjanović, Kaja
Danyliuk, Ivan
Dash, Arobindu
Di Santo, Daniela
Douglas, Karen M
Enea, Violeta
Faller, Daiane
Fitzsimons, Gavan J
Gheorghiu, Alexandra
Gómez, Ángel
Hamaidia, Ali
Han, Qing
Helmy, Mai
Hudiyana, Joevarian
Jeronimus, Bertus F
Jiang, Ding-Yu
Jovanović, Veljko
Kamenov, Zeljka
Kende, Anna
Keng, Shian-Ling
Tra, Thi Thanh Kieu
Koc, Yasin
Kovyazina, Kamila
Kozytska, Inna
Krause, Joshua
Kruglanski, Arie W
Kurapov, Anton
Kutlaca, Maja
Lantos, Nóra Anna
Lemay Jr., Edward P
Lesmana, Cokorda Bagus J
Louis, Winnifred R
Lueders, Adrian
Maj, Marta
Malik, Najma Iqbal
Martinez, Anton P
McCabe, Kira O
Mehulić, Jasmina
Milla, Mirra Noor
Mohammed, Idris
Molinario, Erica
Moyano, Manuel
Muhammad, Hayat
Mula, Silvana
Muluk, Hamdi
Myroniuk, Solomiia
Najafi, Reza
Nisa, Claudia F
Nyúl, Boglárka
O'Keefe, Paul A
Osuna, Jose Javier Olivas
Osin, Evgeny N
Park, Joonha
Pica, Gennaro
Pierro, Antonio
Rees, Jonas H
Reitsema, Anne Margit
Resta, Elena
Rullo, Marika
Ryan, Michelle K
Samekin, Adil
Santilla, Pekka
Sasin, Edyta
Schumpe, Birga M
Selim, Heyla A
Stanton, Michael Vicente
Stroebe, Wolfgang
Sutton, Robbie M
Tseliou, Eleftheria
Utsugi, Akira
van Breen, Jolien A
Van Lissa, Caspar J
Van Veen, Kees
vanDellen, Michelle R
Vázquez, Alexandra
Wollast, Robin
Yeung, Victoria Wai-lan
Zand, Somayeh
Žeželj, Iris Lav
Zheng, Bang
Zick, Andreas
Zúñiga, Claudia
Leander, N Pontus
Pandemic boredom: little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries
description Some public officials have expressed concern that policies mandating collective public health behaviors (e.g., national/regional “lockdown”) may result in behavioral fatigue that ultimately renders such policies ineffective. Boredom, specifically, has been singled out as one potential risk factor for noncompliance. We examined whether there was empirical evidence to support this concern during the COVID-19 pandemic in a large cross-national sample of 63,336 community respondents from 116 countries. Although boredom was higher in countries with more COVID-19 cases and in countries that instituted more stringent lockdowns, such boredom did not predict longitudinal within-person decreases in social distancing behavior (or vice versa; n = 8,031) in early spring and summer of 2020. Overall, we found little evidence that changes in boredom predict individual public health behaviors (handwashing, staying home, self-quarantining, and avoiding crowds) over time, or that such behaviors had any reliable longitudinal effects on boredom itself. In summary, contrary to concerns, we found little evidence that boredom posed a public health risk during lockdown and quarantine.
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author Westgate, Eric C
Buttrick, Nicholas R
Lin, Yijun
Helou, Gaelle El
Agostini, Maximilian
Belanger, Jocelyn J
Gutzkow, Ben
Kreienkamp, Jannis
Abakoumkin, Georgios
Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum
Ahmedi, Vjollca
Akkas, Handan
Almenara, Carlos A
Atta, Mohsin
Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem
Basel, Sima
Kida, Edona Berisha
Bernardo, Allan B. I.
Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit
Choi, Hoon-Seok
Cristea, Mioara
Csaba, Sara
Damnjanović, Kaja
Danyliuk, Ivan
Dash, Arobindu
Di Santo, Daniela
Douglas, Karen M
Enea, Violeta
Faller, Daiane
Fitzsimons, Gavan J
Gheorghiu, Alexandra
Gómez, Ángel
Hamaidia, Ali
Han, Qing
Helmy, Mai
Hudiyana, Joevarian
Jeronimus, Bertus F
Jiang, Ding-Yu
Jovanović, Veljko
Kamenov, Zeljka
Kende, Anna
Keng, Shian-Ling
Tra, Thi Thanh Kieu
Koc, Yasin
Kovyazina, Kamila
Kozytska, Inna
Krause, Joshua
Kruglanski, Arie W
Kurapov, Anton
Kutlaca, Maja
Lantos, Nóra Anna
Lemay Jr., Edward P
Lesmana, Cokorda Bagus J
Louis, Winnifred R
Lueders, Adrian
Maj, Marta
Malik, Najma Iqbal
Martinez, Anton P
McCabe, Kira O
Mehulić, Jasmina
Milla, Mirra Noor
Mohammed, Idris
Molinario, Erica
Moyano, Manuel
Muhammad, Hayat
Mula, Silvana
Muluk, Hamdi
Myroniuk, Solomiia
Najafi, Reza
Nisa, Claudia F
Nyúl, Boglárka
O'Keefe, Paul A
Osuna, Jose Javier Olivas
Osin, Evgeny N
Park, Joonha
Pica, Gennaro
Pierro, Antonio
Rees, Jonas H
Reitsema, Anne Margit
Resta, Elena
Rullo, Marika
Ryan, Michelle K
Samekin, Adil
Santilla, Pekka
Sasin, Edyta
Schumpe, Birga M
Selim, Heyla A
Stanton, Michael Vicente
Stroebe, Wolfgang
Sutton, Robbie M
Tseliou, Eleftheria
Utsugi, Akira
van Breen, Jolien A
Van Lissa, Caspar J
Van Veen, Kees
vanDellen, Michelle R
Vázquez, Alexandra
Wollast, Robin
Yeung, Victoria Wai-lan
Zand, Somayeh
Žeželj, Iris Lav
Zheng, Bang
Zick, Andreas
Zúñiga, Claudia
Leander, N Pontus
author_facet Westgate, Eric C
Buttrick, Nicholas R
Lin, Yijun
Helou, Gaelle El
Agostini, Maximilian
Belanger, Jocelyn J
Gutzkow, Ben
Kreienkamp, Jannis
Abakoumkin, Georgios
Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum
Ahmedi, Vjollca
Akkas, Handan
Almenara, Carlos A
Atta, Mohsin
Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem
Basel, Sima
Kida, Edona Berisha
Bernardo, Allan B. I.
Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit
Choi, Hoon-Seok
Cristea, Mioara
Csaba, Sara
Damnjanović, Kaja
Danyliuk, Ivan
Dash, Arobindu
Di Santo, Daniela
Douglas, Karen M
Enea, Violeta
Faller, Daiane
Fitzsimons, Gavan J
Gheorghiu, Alexandra
Gómez, Ángel
Hamaidia, Ali
Han, Qing
Helmy, Mai
Hudiyana, Joevarian
Jeronimus, Bertus F
Jiang, Ding-Yu
Jovanović, Veljko
Kamenov, Zeljka
Kende, Anna
Keng, Shian-Ling
Tra, Thi Thanh Kieu
Koc, Yasin
Kovyazina, Kamila
Kozytska, Inna
Krause, Joshua
Kruglanski, Arie W
Kurapov, Anton
Kutlaca, Maja
Lantos, Nóra Anna
Lemay Jr., Edward P
Lesmana, Cokorda Bagus J
Louis, Winnifred R
Lueders, Adrian
Maj, Marta
Malik, Najma Iqbal
Martinez, Anton P
McCabe, Kira O
Mehulić, Jasmina
Milla, Mirra Noor
Mohammed, Idris
Molinario, Erica
Moyano, Manuel
Muhammad, Hayat
Mula, Silvana
Muluk, Hamdi
Myroniuk, Solomiia
Najafi, Reza
Nisa, Claudia F
Nyúl, Boglárka
O'Keefe, Paul A
Osuna, Jose Javier Olivas
Osin, Evgeny N
Park, Joonha
Pica, Gennaro
Pierro, Antonio
Rees, Jonas H
Reitsema, Anne Margit
Resta, Elena
Rullo, Marika
Ryan, Michelle K
Samekin, Adil
Santilla, Pekka
Sasin, Edyta
Schumpe, Birga M
Selim, Heyla A
Stanton, Michael Vicente
Stroebe, Wolfgang
Sutton, Robbie M
Tseliou, Eleftheria
Utsugi, Akira
van Breen, Jolien A
Van Lissa, Caspar J
Van Veen, Kees
vanDellen, Michelle R
Vázquez, Alexandra
Wollast, Robin
Yeung, Victoria Wai-lan
Zand, Somayeh
Žeželj, Iris Lav
Zheng, Bang
Zick, Andreas
Zúñiga, Claudia
Leander, N Pontus
author_sort Westgate, Eric C
title Pandemic boredom: little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries
title_short Pandemic boredom: little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries
title_full Pandemic boredom: little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries
title_fullStr Pandemic boredom: little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries
title_full_unstemmed Pandemic boredom: little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries
title_sort pandemic boredom: little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries
publisher American Psychological Association
publishDate 2023
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/110327/
https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Femo0001118
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spelling my.iium.irep.1103272024-01-20T08:14:02Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/110327/ Pandemic boredom: little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries Westgate, Eric C Buttrick, Nicholas R Lin, Yijun Helou, Gaelle El Agostini, Maximilian Belanger, Jocelyn J Gutzkow, Ben Kreienkamp, Jannis Abakoumkin, Georgios Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum Ahmedi, Vjollca Akkas, Handan Almenara, Carlos A Atta, Mohsin Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem Basel, Sima Kida, Edona Berisha Bernardo, Allan B. I. Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit Choi, Hoon-Seok Cristea, Mioara Csaba, Sara Damnjanović, Kaja Danyliuk, Ivan Dash, Arobindu Di Santo, Daniela Douglas, Karen M Enea, Violeta Faller, Daiane Fitzsimons, Gavan J Gheorghiu, Alexandra Gómez, Ángel Hamaidia, Ali Han, Qing Helmy, Mai Hudiyana, Joevarian Jeronimus, Bertus F Jiang, Ding-Yu Jovanović, Veljko Kamenov, Zeljka Kende, Anna Keng, Shian-Ling Tra, Thi Thanh Kieu Koc, Yasin Kovyazina, Kamila Kozytska, Inna Krause, Joshua Kruglanski, Arie W Kurapov, Anton Kutlaca, Maja Lantos, Nóra Anna Lemay Jr., Edward P Lesmana, Cokorda Bagus J Louis, Winnifred R Lueders, Adrian Maj, Marta Malik, Najma Iqbal Martinez, Anton P McCabe, Kira O Mehulić, Jasmina Milla, Mirra Noor Mohammed, Idris Molinario, Erica Moyano, Manuel Muhammad, Hayat Mula, Silvana Muluk, Hamdi Myroniuk, Solomiia Najafi, Reza Nisa, Claudia F Nyúl, Boglárka O'Keefe, Paul A Osuna, Jose Javier Olivas Osin, Evgeny N Park, Joonha Pica, Gennaro Pierro, Antonio Rees, Jonas H Reitsema, Anne Margit Resta, Elena Rullo, Marika Ryan, Michelle K Samekin, Adil Santilla, Pekka Sasin, Edyta Schumpe, Birga M Selim, Heyla A Stanton, Michael Vicente Stroebe, Wolfgang Sutton, Robbie M Tseliou, Eleftheria Utsugi, Akira van Breen, Jolien A Van Lissa, Caspar J Van Veen, Kees vanDellen, Michelle R Vázquez, Alexandra Wollast, Robin Yeung, Victoria Wai-lan Zand, Somayeh Žeželj, Iris Lav Zheng, Bang Zick, Andreas Zúñiga, Claudia Leander, N Pontus BF Psychology BF511 Affection. Feeling. Emotion BF608 Will. Volition. Choice. Control RA Public aspects of medicine RA644.C67 Coronavirus infections. COVID-19 (Disease). COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Some public officials have expressed concern that policies mandating collective public health behaviors (e.g., national/regional “lockdown”) may result in behavioral fatigue that ultimately renders such policies ineffective. Boredom, specifically, has been singled out as one potential risk factor for noncompliance. We examined whether there was empirical evidence to support this concern during the COVID-19 pandemic in a large cross-national sample of 63,336 community respondents from 116 countries. Although boredom was higher in countries with more COVID-19 cases and in countries that instituted more stringent lockdowns, such boredom did not predict longitudinal within-person decreases in social distancing behavior (or vice versa; n = 8,031) in early spring and summer of 2020. Overall, we found little evidence that changes in boredom predict individual public health behaviors (handwashing, staying home, self-quarantining, and avoiding crowds) over time, or that such behaviors had any reliable longitudinal effects on boredom itself. In summary, contrary to concerns, we found little evidence that boredom posed a public health risk during lockdown and quarantine. American Psychological Association 2023-03-13 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/110327/1/110327_Pandemic%20boredom.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/110327/2/110327_Pandemic%20boredom_SCOPUS.pdf Westgate, Eric C and Buttrick, Nicholas R and Lin, Yijun and Helou, Gaelle El and Agostini, Maximilian and Belanger, Jocelyn J and Gutzkow, Ben and Kreienkamp, Jannis and Abakoumkin, Georgios and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Ahmedi, Vjollca and Akkas, Handan and Almenara, Carlos A and Atta, Mohsin and Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem and Basel, Sima and Kida, Edona Berisha and Bernardo, Allan B. I. and Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit and Choi, Hoon-Seok and Cristea, Mioara and Csaba, Sara and Damnjanović, Kaja and Danyliuk, Ivan and Dash, Arobindu and Di Santo, Daniela and Douglas, Karen M and Enea, Violeta and Faller, Daiane and Fitzsimons, Gavan J and Gheorghiu, Alexandra and Gómez, Ángel and Hamaidia, Ali and Han, Qing and Helmy, Mai and Hudiyana, Joevarian and Jeronimus, Bertus F and Jiang, Ding-Yu and Jovanović, Veljko and Kamenov, Zeljka and Kende, Anna and Keng, Shian-Ling and Tra, Thi Thanh Kieu and Koc, Yasin and Kovyazina, Kamila and Kozytska, Inna and Krause, Joshua and Kruglanski, Arie W and Kurapov, Anton and Kutlaca, Maja and Lantos, Nóra Anna and Lemay Jr., Edward P and Lesmana, Cokorda Bagus J and Louis, Winnifred R and Lueders, Adrian and Maj, Marta and Malik, Najma Iqbal and Martinez, Anton P and McCabe, Kira O and Mehulić, Jasmina and Milla, Mirra Noor and Mohammed, Idris and Molinario, Erica and Moyano, Manuel and Muhammad, Hayat and Mula, Silvana and Muluk, Hamdi and Myroniuk, Solomiia and Najafi, Reza and Nisa, Claudia F and Nyúl, Boglárka and O'Keefe, Paul A and Osuna, Jose Javier Olivas and Osin, Evgeny N and Park, Joonha and Pica, Gennaro and Pierro, Antonio and Rees, Jonas H and Reitsema, Anne Margit and Resta, Elena and Rullo, Marika and Ryan, Michelle K and Samekin, Adil and Santilla, Pekka and Sasin, Edyta and Schumpe, Birga M and Selim, Heyla A and Stanton, Michael Vicente and Stroebe, Wolfgang and Sutton, Robbie M and Tseliou, Eleftheria and Utsugi, Akira and van Breen, Jolien A and Van Lissa, Caspar J and Van Veen, Kees and vanDellen, Michelle R and Vázquez, Alexandra and Wollast, Robin and Yeung, Victoria Wai-lan and Zand, Somayeh and Žeželj, Iris Lav and Zheng, Bang and Zick, Andreas and Zúñiga, Claudia and Leander, N Pontus (2023) Pandemic boredom: little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries. Emotion, 23 (8). pp. 2370-2384. ISSN 1528-3542 E-ISSN 1931-1516 https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Femo0001118 10.1037/emo0001118
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