We examined if boredom is associated with risk‐taking. Although this association has frequently been postulated, it has rarely been tested, and the evidence has thus far been rather indirect and speculative. We conducted three studies to test this association more systematically. In Study 1, people high in boredom proneness reported greater risk‐taking across financial, ethical, recreational, and health or safety domains. In Study 2, over a series of risky decisions, risk‐taking increased in tandem with state boredom. Consistently, in Study 3, people who felt more bored were more likely to choose risky gambles. Furthermore, while dispositional self‐control predicted lower risk‐taking, state boredom nullified this association, suggesting that elevated risk‐taking might be attributed the erosion of self‐control under boredom. Our findings establish via direct empirical tests that boredom is associated with making riskier decisions.

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无聊时冒险增加

我们研究了无聊是否与冒险有关。尽管这种关联经常被假设，但很少经过检验，而且迄今为止的证据相当间接和推测性的。我们进行了三项研究来更系统地测试这种关联。在研究 1 中，无聊倾向高的人在财务、道德、娱乐和健康或安全领域报告了更大的风险。在研究 2 中，在一系列冒险决策中，冒险精神随着状态无聊而增加。一致地，在研究 3 中，感到更无聊的人更有可能选择冒险赌博。此外，虽然性格自我控制预测较低的风险承担，但状态无聊使这种关联无效，这表明风险承担的增加可能归因于无聊下自我控制的侵蚀。