TY  - GEN
AU  - Westgate, Erin Corwin
AU  - Buttrick, Nick
AU  - Lin, Yijun
AU  - El Helou, Gaelle
AU  - Agostini, Maximilian
AU  - Belanger, Jocelyn
AU  - Gutzkow, Ben
AU  - Kreienkamp, Jannis
AU  - Abakoumkin, Georgios
AU  - Khaiyom, Jamilah H. B. Abdul
AU  - Ahmedi, Vjollca
AU  - Akkas, Handan
AU  - Almenara, Carlos A
AU  - Atta, Mohsin
AU  - B, S C
AU  - Basel, Sima
AU  - Kida, Edona Berisha
AU  - BERNARDO, ALLAN B. I.
AU  - Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit
AU  - Choi, Hoon-Seok
AU  - Cristea, Mioara
AU  - Csaba, Sara
AU  - Damnjanović, Kaja
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4626
AB  - A variety of public officials have expressed concern that policies mandating collective
public health behaviors (e.g., national/ regional “lockdown”) may result in behavioral fatigue
that ultimately renders such policies ineffective. Boredom, specifically, has been singled out as
one potential risk factor for non-compliance. We examined whether there was empirical
evidence to support this concern during the COVID-19 pandemic in a large cross-national
sample of 63,336 community respondents from 116 countries. Although boredom was higher in
countries with more COVID-19 cases and countries that instituted more stringent lockdowns,
such boredom did not predict longitudinal within-person decreases in social distancing behavior
(or vice versa; n = 8031) in early spring and summer of 2020. Overall, we found little evidence
that changes in boredom predict individual public health behaviors (handwashing, staying home,
self-quarantining, avoiding crowds) over time, or that such behaviors had any reliable
longitudinal effects on boredom itself. In summary, contrary to concerns, we found little
evidence that boredom posed a public health risk during lockdown and quarantine.
PB  - Center for Open Science
T1  - Pandemic boredom: Little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries
DO  - 10.31234/osf.io/78kma
ER  - 

@misc{
author = "Westgate, Erin Corwin and Buttrick, Nick and Lin, Yijun and El Helou, Gaelle and Agostini, Maximilian and Belanger, Jocelyn and Gutzkow, Ben and Kreienkamp, Jannis and Abakoumkin, Georgios and Khaiyom, Jamilah H. B. Abdul and Ahmedi, Vjollca and Akkas, Handan and Almenara, Carlos A and Atta, Mohsin and B, S C and Basel, Sima and Kida, Edona Berisha and BERNARDO, ALLAN B. I. and Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit and Choi, Hoon-Seok and Cristea, Mioara and Csaba, Sara and Damnjanović, Kaja",
year = "2022",
abstract = "A variety of public officials have expressed concern that policies mandating collective
public health behaviors (e.g., national/ regional “lockdown”) may result in behavioral fatigue
that ultimately renders such policies ineffective. Boredom, specifically, has been singled out as
one potential risk factor for non-compliance. We examined whether there was empirical
evidence to support this concern during the COVID-19 pandemic in a large cross-national
sample of 63,336 community respondents from 116 countries. Although boredom was higher in
countries with more COVID-19 cases and countries that instituted more stringent lockdowns,
such boredom did not predict longitudinal within-person decreases in social distancing behavior
(or vice versa; n = 8031) in early spring and summer of 2020. Overall, we found little evidence
that changes in boredom predict individual public health behaviors (handwashing, staying home,
self-quarantining, avoiding crowds) over time, or that such behaviors had any reliable
longitudinal effects on boredom itself. In summary, contrary to concerns, we found little
evidence that boredom posed a public health risk during lockdown and quarantine.",
publisher = "Center for Open Science",
title = "Pandemic boredom: Little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries",
doi = "10.31234/osf.io/78kma"
}

Westgate, E. C., Buttrick, N., Lin, Y., El Helou, G., Agostini, M., Belanger, J., Gutzkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Abakoumkin, G., Khaiyom, J. H. B. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., B, S. C., Basel, S., Kida, E. B., BERNARDO, A. B. I., Chobthamkit, P., Choi, H., Cristea, M., Csaba, S.,& Damnjanović, K.. (2022). Pandemic boredom: Little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries. 
Center for Open Science..
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/78kma

Westgate EC, Buttrick N, Lin Y, El Helou G, Agostini M, Belanger J, Gutzkow B, Kreienkamp J, Abakoumkin G, Khaiyom JHBA, Ahmedi V, Akkas H, Almenara CA, Atta M, B SC, Basel S, Kida EB, BERNARDO ABI, Chobthamkit P, Choi H, Cristea M, Csaba S, Damnjanović K. Pandemic boredom: Little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries. 2022;.
doi:10.31234/osf.io/78kma .

Westgate, Erin Corwin, Buttrick, Nick, Lin, Yijun, El Helou, Gaelle, Agostini, Maximilian, Belanger, Jocelyn, Gutzkow, Ben, Kreienkamp, Jannis, Abakoumkin, Georgios, Khaiyom, Jamilah H. B. Abdul, Ahmedi, Vjollca, Akkas, Handan, Almenara, Carlos A, Atta, Mohsin, B, S C, Basel, Sima, Kida, Edona Berisha, BERNARDO, ALLAN B. I., Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit, Choi, Hoon-Seok, Cristea, Mioara, Csaba, Sara, Damnjanović, Kaja, "Pandemic boredom: Little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries" (2022),
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/78kma . .