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Creativity, Boredom Proneness and Well-Being in the Pandemic.

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Brosowsky, NP; Barr, N; Mugon, J; Scholer, AA; Seli, P; Danckert, J
Published in: Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
March 2022

Throughout the course of the pandemic, it has become clear that the strictures of social isolation and various levels of lockdown constraints have impacted people's well-being. Here, our aim was to explore relations between trait dispositions associated with boredom proneness, self-regulation and well-being using data collected early in the pandemic. Specifically, we explored whether the tendency to engage in everyday creative pursuits (e.g., making your own greeting cards) would act as a prophylactic against poor well-being. Results showed that well-being was higher for those individuals who increased engagement with creative pursuits during the early stages of the pandemic. That is, people who engaged more in everyday creative activities also reported higher levels of self-esteem, optimism, and positive affect. In contrast, those who pursued fewer creative outlets had higher levels of depression and anxiety, were higher in boredom proneness, and reported experiencing more negative affect. As we emerge from the pandemic, these data provide a clue as to how people might plan to cope adaptively with the restrictive circumstances this extreme world event engendered. More generally, these data provide support for the notion that everyday creativity (and not necessarily creative expertise) has positive associations for well-being.

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Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)

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EISSN

2076-328X

ISSN

2076-328X

Publication Date

March 2022

Volume

12

Issue

3

Start / End Page

68

Related Subject Headings

  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Brosowsky, N. P., Barr, N., Mugon, J., Scholer, A. A., Seli, P., & Danckert, J. (2022). Creativity, Boredom Proneness and Well-Being in the Pandemic. Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 12(3), 68. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12030068
Brosowsky, Nicholaus P., Nathaniel Barr, Jhotisha Mugon, Abigail A. Scholer, Paul Seli, and James Danckert. “Creativity, Boredom Proneness and Well-Being in the Pandemic.Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland) 12, no. 3 (March 2022): 68. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12030068.
Brosowsky NP, Barr N, Mugon J, Scholer AA, Seli P, Danckert J. Creativity, Boredom Proneness and Well-Being in the Pandemic. Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland). 2022 Mar;12(3):68.
Brosowsky, Nicholaus P., et al. “Creativity, Boredom Proneness and Well-Being in the Pandemic.Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland), vol. 12, no. 3, Mar. 2022, p. 68. Epmc, doi:10.3390/bs12030068.
Brosowsky NP, Barr N, Mugon J, Scholer AA, Seli P, Danckert J. Creativity, Boredom Proneness and Well-Being in the Pandemic. Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland). 2022 Mar;12(3):68.

Published In

Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)

DOI

EISSN

2076-328X

ISSN

2076-328X

Publication Date

March 2022

Volume

12

Issue

3

Start / End Page

68

Related Subject Headings

  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology