Susceptibility to Boredom and Deviant Behavior at School

Abstract

The relationship between susceptibility to boredom and deviant behavior at school was examined in this study. Subjects were 483 high school students enrolled in Grades 9 through 13 in three public high schools. The significant Pearson correlation between susceptibility to boredom and deviant behavior at school for males was 0.36 and for females 0.26, corroborating the hypothesis that those who score high on Susceptibility to Boredom are more likely to engage in deviant behavior at school than those who score low.