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Boredom in the Middle School Years: Blaming Schools versus Blaming Students.

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Larson, Reed W.; Richards, Maryse H. – American Journal of Education, 1991

Time sampling data from 392 fifth to ninth graders from working-class and middle-class suburbs of Chicago (Illinois) show high rates of boredom within and outside of school. High boredom correlates with high ability and with oppositional behavior (when ability is controlled), but not with onset of adolescence. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Individual Differences, Junior High School Students