The Research (from the Discussion of the paper): "In line with lay knowledge, this is the first study to provide empirical support for the proposed relevance of boredom in the exercise setting. However, attesting to the shortage of research on boredom in sports, dedicated self-report measures for the assessment of exercise related boredom are lacking. To address boredom in the exercise context, we adapted the learning-related boredom subscale of the AEQ, an instrument that is frequently used in the educational setting (Pekrun et al., 2011), to the exercise setting. Importantly, this Bored of Sports Scale (BOSS) exhibited excellent internal consistency and was linked with self-reported exercise behavior. Thus, these findings suggest that some individuals associate exercise with boredom and these people in turn exercise less. This finding can be interpreted as a first indicator of the criterion validity of the BOSS. In addition, providing evidence for convergent validity, we found a strong positive correlation between BOSS and the domain-general boredom proneness and, providing evidence for discriminant validity, we found substantial negative correlations between BOSS and the self-control variables trait self-control and if-then planning. Taken together, these findings provide preliminary evidence that the BOSS might be a reliable and valid instrument for assessing boredom in the exercise context."
The Scale:
- 11-item scale, to assess exercise-related boredom
- score calculation: all items are worded in same direction, so no reverse coding required. We recommend using the mean over all items as a score of exercsise related boredom
- validated versions for English and German
The Paper: accepted preprint
Further Materials: Open Science Framework