AUTHOR=Cui Guan-yu , Chen Jing-yi , Wang Chen , Zhang Chen , Zhang Xia , Hu Yun-jun 

TITLE=Dampening Effects of Perceived Teacher Enthusiasm on Class-Related Boredom in College Students: Longitudinal Mediation Effects of Perceived Task Value

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.712441

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.712441

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=This study aimed to explore the longitudinal mediation effects of college students’ perceived task value between perceived teacher enthusiasm and class-related boredom. We conducted a survey among 1,371 college students from five colleges using the students’ perceived teacher enthusiasm, perception of task difficulty, perception of task value, and class-related boredom questionnaires at two, six, ten, and fourteen weeks of the spring semester; we also surveyed boredom proneness at two weeks. The results showed that after controlling for the effects of boredom proneness and perceived task difficulty, students’ perceived teacher enthusiasm was a significant and longitudinal predictor of class-related boredom. After controlling for the effects of the above control variables, students’ perceived task value played a significant and longitudinal mediating role between their perceived teacher enthusiasm and class-related boredom. The study revealed the mechanism of the mitigating effect of students’ perceived teacher enthusiasm on class-related boredom. Thus, promoting the level of students’ perceived teacher enthusiasm can promote their perception of task value and decrease their class-related boredom.