INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATION AND LEARNING, cilt.33, sa.1, ss.52-70, 2023 (ESCI)
The purpose of this study was twofold: firstly, we investigated
whether there is a difference between male and female university students’
level of boredom and their boredom coping strategies (i.e., cognitive approach,
behavioural approach, cognitive avoidance, and behavioural avoidance) in
emergency online lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic, and secondly an
attempt was made to examine whether the participants’ academic level (i.e.,
freshman, sophomore, junior and senior) affects their boredom experiences and
boredom coping strategies. A total of 201 undergraduate students from a
Turkish state university participated in the study. Results indicated that the
male university students experience higher levels of boredom than their
counterparts. In addition, the female participants exhibited stronger inclination
towards using both cognitive approach and cognitive avoidance than the males
to strategically cope with boredom. Besides, the participants with different
academic levels did not score differently in their level of boredom and they
indicated a significant difference only in their behavioural avoidance in coping
with boredom. Indeed, as the academic level of the participants increases, they
exhibit a greater tendency to use behavioural avoidance to relieve boredom.