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To think that someone who is easily bored has no capacity for recreation or lacks creativity is a mistake. The truth is that, according to numerous studies, there is an association between boredom and intelligence. In fact, high intellectual levels are indicative of less weariness.
With regard to children, there are certain attitudes in parents that can overwhelm them, overwhelm them and even overwhelm them. For example, the generalized tendency to think that the more extracurricular activities complete their schedule (languages, sports, cultural ...) the more they will learn (and the future will be more promising). Other error.
In this sense, it is good that the amount of stimulation a child receives is not less than a certain level. It is also that it is nurtured by multiple affective and personal relationships. However, pointing them to too many activities can generate a very unhealthy overstimulation.
Therefore, the effort many parents make to keep their children continuously occupied and directed in many cases turns against the interest they pursue. Thus, sometimes it is necessary to listen to the little ones pronounce a "bored me", because at that moment they can make use of their creative and artistic capacities. You can face that emptiness: "And now, what do I do?"
Where can boredom be born?
There are tasks to which we hold great esteem because they cause us great dissatisfaction. On the other hand, when we complete them or repeat them very often, we can feel a deep sense of emptiness and desire to change and do something different.
If it is occasional, this state is a signal or a tool that alerts us to a failure in our motivation. For example, it can be a signal associated with a decrease in our interest in the work we are doing. However, this feeling does not usually paralyze us, quite the opposite. It impels us to look for another activity that entertains us and gives us more value.
High IQ, less boredom
The relationship between boredom and intelligence is revealed in research published in the Journal of Health Psychology. It ensures that people with a high IQ are bored less easily. The cause would be that they spend a good part of their time focusing on their thoughts. That keeps them entertained, motivated and stimulated.
On the contrary, according to this study, those who do not have high abilities need a greater number of activities that in some way guide their attention with which they can "fill" their day and stimulate their mind. For example, they mention going out to play sports. Be careful, because this does not mean that smart people do not like or socialize or engage in physical activity.
We find another investigation that follows the same line. In this case, conducted by Singapore Management University and the London School of Economics and Politics Science. This study concludes that smarter people prefer to dedicate long hours to their goals and objectives than to socialize with other people. Curious, is not it?
Boredom and intelligence in children with high abilities
In the case of gifted children, the previous situation is reversed. Children with great precocity in learning and with high abilities, tend to get bored very frequently if they are not in special classrooms and adapted to their educational needs.
The cognitive development of these children is above the average of their peers. Therefore, if the rhythm of the classes is below what they need to continue progressing, boredom and laziness arise.
Hence, his attitude in the classroom is that of a continuous leisure and a great facility for distraction. Do not pay attention, do not do homework and feel reluctant before, during and after school. They tend to be very critical of their teachers and often show poor academic performance.
As we see, boredom and intelligence keep an intimate relationship. But, we must also bear in mind that not all children act in the same way or get bored the same. Of course there are very capable children who do not usually get tired or get away, as well as children who are below normal intellectual levels who get bored exceedingly. Welcome be the individual differences!
Health, boredom and intelligence
Boredom in children with high abilities can have serious repercussions on their physical and mental health. It can even generate great social, behavioral and cognitive disorders. For example, serious difficulties of adaptation and integration in their peer group and feelings of frustration, helplessness that, after the years, are incompetence and anxiety.
These alterations can be aggravated if childhood professionals confuse boredom given their high intelligence with other disorders or pathologies. For example, with ADHD, which also generates deconcentration in class, or with problems in learning or alterations in personality.
In adults, if boredom is extreme and very common, it can cause serious problems. As James Danckert, one of the greatest experts in this field, points out, if we experience it in these terms, we are likely to have a greater tendency to develop depression, anxiety or addictive behaviors. In addition, it can be the cause of an obsessive-compulsive disorder or of different somatizations, because it has a powerful negative effect on physical and psychological health.
However, being bored from time to time can make us gain health. Sometimes, when we find ourselves oversaturated from the rhythm of day to day we miss those little moments of "doing nothing". They are moments to dedicate ourselves and convenient to release the mind from time to time. Thus, we will pay attention to our internal thoughts, which may also have something to say to us.
We born with differets capabilities, our intelligence and boredom will depend on the abilities we have!
you are right ... everyone has a different intelligence capacity