Short Boredom Proneness Scale: Adaptation and validation of a Chinese version with college students

• Jiaxi Peng

  Chengdu University

• Wei Guo

  Air Force No. 986 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army

• Luming Zhao

  Peking University

• Xiaochen Han

  Chengdu University

• Shengjun Wu

  Air Force Medical University

We translated the Short Boredom Proneness Scale (SBPS) into Chinese and tested its psychometric properties with 694 Chinese college students. Of the participants, 103 completed the reverse-worded Boredom Proneness Scale-Short Form, and 591 completed the Chinese version of the SBPS, the Multidimensional State Boredom Scale, the Self-Rating Depression Scale, the short version of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale, and the Life Satisfaction Scale. We recalled 117 participants 4 weeks later and they completed the SBPS again. Factor analysis supported the 1-factor model of the SBPS, as well as the reverse-worded Boredom Proneness Scale-Short Form. Excellent internal consistency of the SBPS was obtained. Additionally, the results for the SBPS were significantly correlated with the state boredom, depression, loneliness, and life satisfaction of the participants. The results supported the cross-cultural consistency of the 1-factor model of boredom proneness, and showed that the Chinese version of the SBPS has excellent validity and reliability.

1. Jiaxi Peng, Chengdu University
   College of Teachers
2. Wei Guo, Air Force No. 986 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army
   Department of Respiration
3. Luming Zhao, Peking University
   HSBC Business School
4. Xiaochen Han, Chengdu University
   College of Teachers
5. Shengjun Wu, Air Force Medical University
   Department of Military Medical Psychology

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