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This research aims to explore how test boredom impacts performance on easy versus difficult tasks among students.

July 2, 2026Journal of Educational PsychologyOpen Access

Test boredom while working on difficult versus easy tasks: The same emotion but different effects on performance.

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This research aims to explore how test boredom impacts performance on easy versus difficult tasks among students.
Study 1 involved 208 eighth graders assessing structural validity of test boredom in different task difficulties.
Study 2 included 132 university students using an experimental design with both difficult and easy digit span memory tasks to measure performance.
The Test Boredom Scale-State was employed to measure different types of boredom.
Boredom from difficult tasks reduced performance by depleting cognitive resources (measured by reaction time).
Boredom from easy tasks did not negatively impact performance, as cognitive resources remained abundant.
Test boredom represents a single emotional experience across different task challenges.

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Randomized trial assesses the impact of test boredom on performance in students, indicating cognitive resources are affected differently by task difficulty.

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Goetz et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a45ff3c9ed134303130fc62 https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0001045

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Randomized trial assesses the impact of test boredom on performance in students, indicating cognitive resources are affected differently by task difficulty.

Test boredom while working on difficult versus easy tasks: The same emotion but different effects on performance.

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Test boredom while working on difficult versus easy tasks: The same emotion but different effects on performance.

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