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Vad händer när ingenting händer? En studie om att "göra ingenting" och dess relation till självreflektion

Andersson, Ida LU and Jacobsen, Hanna LU (2020) PSYK11 20201
Department of Psychology
Abstract
Our ability, and in extension our need, to constantly be stimulated has increased dramatically in the recent decades. We humans seem to have a hard time just being, and when we find ourselves in these situations we tend to seek stimuli as quickly as possible, and to some extent even negative ones. The purpose of the current study was to examine people’s relationship to “doing nothing” and whether it could be related to self-reflection. The study was conducted using an internet-based survey about “doing nothing” and was designed on the basis of Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Self-Reflection and Insight Scale (SRIS). The sample consisted of 102 individuals reached with a convenience sample. To see how much of the intention to “do... (More)
Our ability, and in extension our need, to constantly be stimulated has increased dramatically in the recent decades. We humans seem to have a hard time just being, and when we find ourselves in these situations we tend to seek stimuli as quickly as possible, and to some extent even negative ones. The purpose of the current study was to examine people’s relationship to “doing nothing” and whether it could be related to self-reflection. The study was conducted using an internet-based survey about “doing nothing” and was designed on the basis of Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Self-Reflection and Insight Scale (SRIS). The sample consisted of 102 individuals reached with a convenience sample. To see how much of the intention to “do nothing” that could be explained by TPB, a multiple regression was performed, and the model showed a significant result explaining 27% of the variance. Another regression analysis was done to evaluate how much of the variance for “self-reflection” that could be explained by the intention to “do nothing”, which turned out to be 12%. The participants seemed to strongly agree on the positive effects of doing nothing, but did not seem as likely to actually engage in the behavior, which is discussed based on the evolutionary drive within humans to seek new stimuli. Thus, the conclusion was drawn that many other factors underlie both “doing nothing” and self-reflection. Future studies are suggested to include personality variables as possible factors, as well as the use of experimental methods. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Vår möjlighet och i förlängningen vårt behov av att vara ständigt stimulerade har ökat drastiskt under de senaste decennierna. Vi människor verkar ha svårt för att bara vara, och när vi befinner oss i dessa lägen tenderar vi att så fort som möjligt söka oss till stimuli, även negativa sådana. Syftet med den aktuella studien var att studera människors förhållande till att “göra ingenting” och om det kunde relateras till självreflektion. Studien utfördes med en internetbaserad enkät om att “göra ingenting” och utformades med utgångspunkt från Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) och Self-Reflection and Insight Scale (SRIS). Urvalet i enkäten bestod av 102 individer som nåddes med ett bekvämlighetsurval. För att se hur stor del av Intentionen... (More)
Vår möjlighet och i förlängningen vårt behov av att vara ständigt stimulerade har ökat drastiskt under de senaste decennierna. Vi människor verkar ha svårt för att bara vara, och när vi befinner oss i dessa lägen tenderar vi att så fort som möjligt söka oss till stimuli, även negativa sådana. Syftet med den aktuella studien var att studera människors förhållande till att “göra ingenting” och om det kunde relateras till självreflektion. Studien utfördes med en internetbaserad enkät om att “göra ingenting” och utformades med utgångspunkt från Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) och Self-Reflection and Insight Scale (SRIS). Urvalet i enkäten bestod av 102 individer som nåddes med ett bekvämlighetsurval. För att se hur stor del av Intentionen till att “göra ingenting” som kunde förklaras av TPB, utfördes en multipel regression. Modellen var signifikant och visade sig kunna förklara 27% av variansen för Intention. Ytterligare en regressionsanalys utfördes för att utvärdera hur stor del av den beroende variabeln “Självreflektion” som kunde förklaras av intentionen att “göra ingenting”. Modellen kunde förklara 12% av variansen för självreflektion. Deltagarna verkade starkt överens om de positiva effekter som finns med att “göra ingenting”, men verkar inte lika benägna att faktiskt ägna sig åt beteendet, vilket diskuteras med utgångspunkt i den evolutionära drivkraft som människan har att söka sig till nya stimuli. Således kunde slutsaten dras att många andra faktorer låg till grund för både att “göra ingenting” och självreflektion. Framtida studier föreslås inkludera personlighetsvariabler som möjliga faktorer, samt användning av experimentella metoder. (Less)
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author
Andersson, Ida LU and Jacobsen, Hanna LU
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organization
course
PSYK11 20201
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
“Göra ingenting”, självreflektion, Theory of Planned Behavior, Self-Reflection and Insight Scale, The seeking system of the brain
language
Swedish
id
9013392
date added to LUP
2020-06-08 13:23:08
date last changed
2020-06-08 13:23:08
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  abstract     = {{Our ability, and in extension our need, to constantly be stimulated has increased dramatically in the recent decades. We humans seem to have a hard time just being, and when we find ourselves in these situations we tend to seek stimuli as quickly as possible, and to some extent even negative ones. The purpose of the current study was to examine people’s relationship to “doing nothing” and whether it could be related to self-reflection. The study was conducted using an internet-based survey about “doing nothing” and was designed on the basis of Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Self-Reflection and Insight Scale (SRIS). The sample consisted of 102 individuals reached with a convenience sample. To see how much of the intention to “do nothing” that could be explained by TPB, a multiple regression was performed, and the model showed a significant result explaining 27% of the variance. Another regression analysis was done to evaluate how much of the variance for “self-reflection” that could be explained by the intention to “do nothing”, which turned out to be 12%. The participants seemed to strongly agree on the positive effects of doing nothing, but did not seem as likely to actually engage in the behavior, which is discussed based on the evolutionary drive within humans to seek new stimuli. Thus, the conclusion was drawn that many other factors underlie both “doing nothing” and self-reflection. Future studies are suggested to include personality variables as possible factors, as well as the use of experimental methods.}},
  author       = {{Andersson, Ida and Jacobsen, Hanna}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Vad händer när ingenting händer? En studie om att "göra ingenting" och dess relation till självreflektion}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}