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idleness aversion: a standalone construct

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Social psychology

people dislike being idle and are happier when busy, yet they need some reason, even a specious one, to choose to stay busy.

In social psychology, idleness aversion refers to people dislike being idle and are happier when busy, yet they need some reason, even a specious one, to choose to stay busy. This meaning comes from Hsee (2010) in Psychological Science.[1]

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References

Hsee, C. K., Yang, A. X., & Wang, L. (2010). Idleness Aversion and the Need for Justifiable Busyness. Psychological Science, 21(7), 926-930. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610374738

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