“…Boredom has been associated with problematic use of the Internet and social networks in specialized literature (Skues et al, 2016;Utami et al, 2021). The more prone the subject is to boredom, the more likely they are to misuse the Internet and social networks and to develop an addiction (Catedrilla et al, 2020;Chou et al, 2018;Guner, 2021;Skues et al, 2016), especially to online video games (Chou et al, 2018;Guner, 2021;Utami et al, 2021;Wegmann et al, 2018). Apart from this, sustained boredom, which becomes chronic overtime when the circumstance does not allow putting into practice escape strategies (Ros Velasco, 2022), urges individuals to look for external stimulation in extreme ways (Ros Velasco and Moya Arriagada, 2021;Sommer et al, 2021).…”