proneness

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In the study, participants first completed the Boredom Proneness Scale, which is a personality test used to determine need for external stimulation.

From Scientific American • Mar. 3, 2020

The Boredom Proneness Scale, devised in 1986, is a standard way to measure how easily someone loses interest in what is going on and starts to crave other stimulation.

From Nature • Jan. 11, 2016

But some individuals are more likely to be bored than others, and to help measure this, researchers developed a “Boredom Proneness Scale” in the 1980s.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2012

Indeed, take a look at recent academic studies indebted to the Boredom Proneness Scale and the legitimate nutritionists advocating "meal monotony" as a way to get thinner.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2011

Proneness to excessive issues has ever been the vice of the banking system—a vice as prominent in national as in State institutions.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)