title: Eating when bored: revision of the emotional eating scale with a focus on boredom.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The current study explored whether eating when bored is a distinct construct from other negative emotions by revising the emotional eating scale (EES) to include a separate boredom factor. Additionally, the relative endorsement of eating when bored compared to eating in response to other negative emotions was examined.
  
  
  METHODS
  A convenience sample of 139 undergraduates completed open-ended questions regarding their behaviors when experiencing different levels of emotions. Participants were then given the 25-item EES with 6 additional items designed to measure boredom.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On the open-ended items, participants more often reported eating in response to boredom than the other emotions. Exploratory factor analysis showed that boredom is a separate construct from other negative emotions. Additionally, the most frequently endorsed item on the EES was "eating when bored".
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that boredom is an important construct, and that it should be considered a separate dimension of emotional eating.
authors: Psychology Department, Bowling Green State University, OH 43403, USA. aftons@bgsu.edu
authors: Afton M
authors: AM
authors: Koball
authors: Molly R
authors: MR
authors: Meers
authors: Amy
authors: A
authors: Storfer-Isser
authors: Sarah E
authors: SE
authors: Domoff
authors: Dara R
authors: DR
authors: Musher-Eizenman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001887:Boredom; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult