Richard Farmer

Richard Farmer

Richard Farmer appears on this site as first author of the 1986 Journal of Personality Assessment paper that introduced the Boredom Proneness Scale.

Who they are

The work of Richard Farmer reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Boredom Proneness.

Key papers

Farmer, R., & Sundberg, N. D. (1986). Boredom proneness: The development and correlates of a new scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 50(1), 4-17. What it reports: Developed the 28-item Boredom Proneness Scale, which held up on retest a week later and tracked other boredom measures and findings on interest and attention in class.

Key ideas

Boredom Proneness: The tendency to report boredom more readily, measured by the 28-item scale of Farmer and Sundberg.

Sources

  1. Farmer, R., & Sundberg, N. D. (1986). Boredom proneness: The development and correlates of a new scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 50(1), 4-17.