Table 5.

Hierarchical regression analysis.

Predictive factors	Equation 1		Equation 2		Equation 3
	β	t	β	t	β	t
Gender1	0.18	5.59***	0.17	5.42***	0.19	6.22***
NLE	0.24	7.47***	0.10	2.68**	0.08	2.20*
BPN			−0.15	−4.14***	0.01	0.18
Anxiety			0.16	3.88***	0.11	2.88**
BP					0.26	6.12***
R2	0.10		0.14
F	48.44***		37.68***		38.90***

NLE, Negative life events; BPN, Basic psychological needs; BP, Boredom proneness.