How extreme boredom can drive people toward aggression and support for conflict
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New research published in Personality and Individual Differences reveals that extreme boredom increases the desire for sensation and stimulation, driving people toward physical aggression and stronger support for military conflicts. Researcher Heng Li at Sichuan International Studies University in China designed studies to test how boredom acts as a psychological signal prompting people to seek high-arousing experiences to escape a lack of meaning and environmental engagement.
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