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Effects of Meaning Making Activities on State Boredom

  • Yujin Kim (Dept. of Psychology, Handong Global University) ;
  • Sangha Park (Dept. of Psychology, Handong Global University) ;
  • Hoichang Gwon (Dept. of Psychology, Handong Global University) ;
  • Juhee Kim (Dept. of Psychology, Handong Global University) ;
  • Hyomin Choi (Dept. of Psychology, Handong Global University) ;
  • Hyejoo J. Lee (Dept. of Psychology, Handong Global University)
  • Received : 2023.07.30
  • Accepted : 2023.08.20
  • Published : 2023.09.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to verify whether there is a difference in boredom between education types (offline vs. online) in the mandatory education scene, and to explore the moderator effect of meaning making activities in the relationship between education types and boredom. In this study, 197 college students were divided into offline and online groups and they participated in mandatory education. The meaning making activity was operationalized based on the meaning discovery scale. As a result of the study, the state boredom after mandatory education was significantly higher in the online group than in the offline group. However, meaning making activities did not moderate the relationship between education type and the state boredom. Through further analysis, it was found that boredom in both groups significantly decreased after the meaning making activity.

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