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Andriy A Struk¹, Jonathan S A Carriere¹, J Allan Cheyne¹

¹1 University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

|October 16, 2015

Summary

The Boredom Proneness Scale (BPS) and its short form (BPS-SR) may not be reliable measures of trait boredom. A new, unidimensional eight-item scale demonstrated comparable validity and internal consistency.

Keywords:

Boredom Proneness Scale confirmatory factor analysis exploratory factor analysis item response theory

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Personality Psychology

Background:

The Boredom Proneness Scale (BPS) is a widely used measure for assessing trait boredom.
Previous factor analyses suggest the BPS is multidimensional, with varying numbers of factors reported.
A short-form version, the Boredom Proneness Scale-Short Form (BPS-SR), was developed to address these complexities.

Purpose of the Study:

To further investigate the factor structure and validity of both the full BPS and the BPS-SR.
To develop and validate a new, potentially more reliable measure of boredom proneness.

Main Methods:

Factor analysis was used to examine the structure of the BPS and BPS-SR.
A new eight-item scale was developed using consistently worded items (no reverse scoring).
Internal consistency and construct validity of the new scale were assessed.

Main Results:

The two-factor solution for the BPS-SR was found to be an artifact of reverse-scored items.
These reverse-scored items may also explain inconsistencies in previous BPS factor analyses.
The newly developed eight-item scale demonstrated unidimensionality.
The new scale exhibited good internal consistency and construct validity comparable to the original BPS.

Conclusions:

The factor structure of the BPS-SR may be compromised by item wording.
A unidimensional scale using consistently worded items offers a potentially more valid and reliable measure of boredom proneness.
Further research may benefit from utilizing this revised scale for assessing trait boredom.