Leisure boredom and risk behaviour in adolescence
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Abstract
2.4.2.1 Social control and leisure boredom 41 Parental monitoring Gender and identity Age 43 2.4.2.2 Psychological disposition and leisure boredom Motivation Personality and affect 2.4.2.3 The influence of context on leisure boredom Having nothing to do 45 Limited leisure resources Lack of challenge Time use 46 2.4.3 Leisure boredom and risk behaviour 2.4.3.1 Substance use 48 2.4.3.2 Sexual risk behaviour 49 2.4.3.3 Dropout 49 2.4.3.4 Negative affect and delinquency 49 2.4.3.5 Sensation seeking 50 2.4.4 Measurement of leisure boredom 2.4.5 Interventions for leisure boredom 2.4.6 Limitations 2.4.7 Further research 2.5 Conclusion Chapter Three Reliability of the Leisure Boredom Scale for use with high school learners 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Research question and aim 3.3 Methods 3.3.1 Sample
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- For me, leisure time just drags on and on.
- * During my leisure time, I become highly involved in what I do.
- Leisure time is boring.
- * If I could leave school now and have enough money, I would have plenty of exciting things to do for the rest of my life.
- During my leisure time, I feel like I'm just bored and hanging around.
- In my leisure time, I usually don't like what I'm doing, but I don't know what else to do.
- * Leisure time gets me aroused and going.
- * Leisure experiences are an important part of my quality of life.
- * I am excited about leisure time.
- In my leisure time, I want to do something, but I don't know what to do.
- I waste too much of my leisure time sleeping.
- * I like to try new leisure activities that I have never tried before.
- * I am very active during my leisure time.
- Leisure time activities do not excite me.
- I do not have many leisure activities available to me.
- * During my leisure time, I almost always have something to do.