Objective: To explore the influence of boredom proneness of college students on their
aggression during the COVID-19 epidemic and the role of regulatory emotional self-efficacy between
them. Methods: Boredom Proneness Questionnaire for College Students(BPQ), Regulatory Emotional
Self-Efficacy (RES) and Chinese College Students’Version of Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (CCBPAQ)
were used to investigate college students in Yantai. Results: We obtained a total of 674 valid
questionnaires, and boredom proneness can significantly positively predict the aggression of college
students (r=0.50, p<0.01). Boredom proneness significantly negatively predicted the regulatory emotional
self-efficacy (r=-0.29, p<0.01); Regulatory emotional self-efficacy can significantly negatively predict
aggression (r=-0.41, p<0.01); The mediating effect of regulatory emotional self-efficacy between boredom
proneness and aggression accounted for 16.71%. Conclusion: Boredom proneness can directly affect the
aggression of college students, and it can also indirectly affect aggression through regulatory emotional
self-efficacy.