The Role of Boredom Proneness on Phubbing Behavior in the Millennial Generation

The millennial generation are those born between 1980-2000 and familiar with technological developments, especially smartphones. Smartphones are a major necessity for everyone, especially the millennial generation. Some millennials are very engrossed in using smartphones and are less responsive to their interlocutors or exhibit phubbing behaviour. One of the causes is the boredom they feel towards their activities commonly referred to as boredom proneness. This study aimed to determine the effect of boredom proneness on phubbing behaviour in the millennial generation using a correlational quantitative approach. The research subjects were 253 millennials who were selected through the convenience sampling technique. The instruments used were the phubbing scale (PS) and the boredom proneness scale short form (BPS-SF). The results showed that boredom proneness affects the phubbing behaviour of the millennial generation. The contribution of boredom proneness to phubbing behaviour is 54%.