• Simranjeet Kaur
• Dr. Mamta Sharma

The study aims to examine the relationship between boredom proneness and paratelic dominance. It was hypothesized that boredom proneness would be positively correlated with three subscales of paratelic dominance. For this purpose, 100 college students (18-24 yrs) were administered on the Boredom Proneness Scale (Farmer & Sundberg, 1986) and the Paratelic Dominance Scale (Cook & Gerkovich, 1993). A Pearson product moment correlation was utilized and the results suggest that boredom proneness is positively correlated with Spontaneity (r=0.256**, p<0.01) but the association of boredom with Playfulness (r=0.168,n.s. ) appeared weak. Unexpectedly, boredom proneness appeared negatively correlated with Arousal Seeking (r= -0.118,n.s.), although this association is weak. The hypotheses of present research have been partially supported. The results of the present study provide empirical evidence that boredom proneness is positively correlated with spontaneity. However, no significant relationship of boredom proneness appeared with Playfulness and Arousal Seeking. Implications for determining the association of boredom proneness and paratelic dominance are discussed.

Boredom Proneness, Paratelic Dominance, Playfulness, Spontaneity, Arousal Seeking

"BOREDOM PRONENESS: ITS RELATIONSHIP TO MEANS-ENDS DOMAIN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.888-893, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907728.pdf

"BOREDOM PRONENESS: ITS RELATIONSHIP TO MEANS-ENDS DOMAIN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp888-893, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907728.pdf