Boredom Proneness Scale-Short Form (BPS-SR) Test
Understand how strongly and how often boredom shows up in your daily life in about 2 minutes. Eight quick items deliver clear, actionable insight to support motivation, focus, and behavior change.


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Boredom Proneness Scale (BPS)
Boredom Proneness Scale (BPS)
Average
35.4
Normal range
27 — 43.8
min.
8
max.
56
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- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Strongly agree
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Boredom Proneness Scale-Short Form (BPS-SR) Test - Symptoms and Signs
This measure assesses individual differences in the tendency to experience boredom as a relatively stable trait. The Boredom Proneness Scale-Short Form (BPS-SR) is a brief self-report instrument intended to capture how readily a person becomes disengaged, loses interest, or feels understimulated in everyday contexts.
The questionnaire includes 8 items and typically requires about 2 minutes to complete. Items ask respondents to rate common reactions to monotonous or uninteresting situations, supporting efficient screening in clinical, counseling, and research settings. The Boredom Proneness Scale-Short Form (BPS-SR) was developed by Richard F. Farmer and Norman D. Sundberg.
Author: Norman D. Sundberg, Richard F. Farmer
Literature: Farmer, R., & Sundberg, N. D. Boredom proneness: The development and correlates of a new scale. Journal of Personality Assessment. 1986.; Struk, A. A., Carriere, J. S. A., Cheyne, J. A., & Danckert, J. A. A short boredom proneness scale: Development and psychometric properties. Assessment. 2017.
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