000162518 001__ 162518 000162518 005__ 20251017144640.0 000162518 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.jesp.2025.104804 000162518 0248_ $$2sideral$$a145089 000162518 037__ $$aART-2025-145089 000162518 041__ $$aeng 000162518 100__ $$aMüller-Boysen, Thekla 000162518 245__ $$aOn the relation between boredom and social behavior: A registered report 000162518 260__ $$c2025 000162518 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000162518 5203_ $$aBoredom plays an essential role in everyday life and is a powerful motivator. This registered report investigated the interpersonal consequences of boredom. We recruited participants online (N = 3568) and ran one experiment manipulating boredom with three variations of behavioral options as dependent variables: 1) prosocial and non-social, 2) antisocial and non-social, and 3) prosocial, antisocial, and non-social. First, we tested whether boredom increases the likelihood of individuals engaging in any type of behavior, including both social and non-social alternatives. We found no significant main effect of boredom on behavior. Second, we tested whether boredom increases the likelihood of individuals engaging in prosocial or antisocial behavior. No clear evidence emerged for a total effect of boredom on prosocial or antisocial behavior. Moderation analyses revealed no significant effect of the prosocial personality trait Honestly-Humility, and the antisocial personality trait D. In addition, mediation analyses showed that boredom reduces individuals' sense of agency, which in turn is associated with increased prosocial and antisocial behavior; boredom also reduces a sense of meaning, which in turn relates to increased prosocial behavior when only this social option is presented. Overall, this study examined the motivational aspect of boredom with regard to social behavior and the role of personality traits as moderators and lack of agency and meaning as mediators. 000162518 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 000162518 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000162518 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-5979-4528$$aPirla, Sergio$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000162518 700__ $$aPfattheicher, Stefan 000162518 7102_ $$14012$$2650$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Direcc.Organiza.Empresas$$cÁrea Organización de Empresas 000162518 773__ $$g121 (2025), 104804 [13 pp.]$$pJ. exp. soc. psychol.$$tJOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY$$x0022-1031 000162518 8564_ $$s2812334$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/162518/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000162518 8564_ $$s2748335$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/162518/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000162518 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:162518$$particulos$$pdriver 000162518 951__ $$a2025-10-17-14:31:28 000162518 980__ $$aARTICLE