People Cheat on Task Performance When They Feel Bored: The Mediating Role of State Self-Efficacy
It is unclear whether the state of boredom is related to morality. The present study investigated how state boredom influenced cheating behaviors on task performance. In Study 1 (<i>N</i> = 104), participants were induced to feel bored, and then reported whether they had finished an anag...
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| description | It is unclear whether the state of boredom is related to morality. The present study investigated how state boredom influenced cheating behaviors on task performance. In Study 1 (<i>N</i> = 104), participants were induced to feel bored, and then reported whether they had finished an anagram task (two sentences in the task were unsolvable). The results found that people with higher boredom showed more cheating behaviors than those with lower boredom on task performance. In Study 2 (<i>N</i> = 139), participants completed the Multidimensional State Boredom Scale, and then completed the same anagram task as in Study 1, as well as a state self-efficacy scale. The results revealed that state self-efficacy mediated the effect of state boredom on cheating behaviors on task performance. In other words, a higher level of state boredom leads to a lower level of state self-efficacy, and the lower state self-efficacy then results in more cheating behaviors. The present study provides empirical evidence that state boredom has its moral function through state self-efficacy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3143ab52bdac43e0b87ff19987747d982023-11-23T22:56:14ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2022-10-01121038010.3390/bs12100380People Cheat on Task Performance When They Feel Bored: The Mediating Role of State Self-EfficacyChun Feng0Chuanjun Liu1Min Zhong2Department of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Law, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, ChinaDepartment of Sociology and Psychology, and Institute of Psychology, School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, ChinaDepartment of Medical Technology, Sichuan Nursing Vocational College, Chengdu 610000, ChinaIt is unclear whether the state of boredom is related to morality. The present study investigated how state boredom influenced cheating behaviors on task performance. In Study 1 (<i>N</i> = 104), participants were induced to feel bored, and then reported whether they had finished an anagram task (two sentences in the task were unsolvable). The results found that people with higher boredom showed more cheating behaviors than those with lower boredom on task performance. In Study 2 (<i>N</i> = 139), participants completed the Multidimensional State Boredom Scale, and then completed the same anagram task as in Study 1, as well as a state self-efficacy scale. The results revealed that state self-efficacy mediated the effect of state boredom on cheating behaviors on task performance. In other words, a higher level of state boredom leads to a lower level of state self-efficacy, and the lower state self-efficacy then results in more cheating behaviors. The present study provides empirical evidence that state boredom has its moral function through state self-efficacy.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/12/10/380state boredomcheating behaviorsstate self-efficacy |
| spellingShingle | Chun Feng Chuanjun Liu Min Zhong People Cheat on Task Performance When They Feel Bored: The Mediating Role of State Self-Efficacy Behavioral Sciences state boredom cheating behaviors state self-efficacy |
| title | People Cheat on Task Performance When They Feel Bored: The Mediating Role of State Self-Efficacy |
| title_full | People Cheat on Task Performance When They Feel Bored: The Mediating Role of State Self-Efficacy |
| title_fullStr | People Cheat on Task Performance When They Feel Bored: The Mediating Role of State Self-Efficacy |
| title_full_unstemmed | People Cheat on Task Performance When They Feel Bored: The Mediating Role of State Self-Efficacy |
| title_short | People Cheat on Task Performance When They Feel Bored: The Mediating Role of State Self-Efficacy |
| title_sort | people cheat on task performance when they feel bored the mediating role of state self efficacy |
| topic | state boredom cheating behaviors state self-efficacy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/12/10/380 |
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