Mind wandering in daily life: The role of emotional valence and intentionality dimensions.

IF 2.1 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY Journal of Experimental Psychology-Learning Memory and Cognition Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-13 DOI:10.1037/xlm0001450

Jonathan B Banks, Paul J Brancaleone, Amanda S Holtzman

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Abstract

Factors that predict mind wandering in the laboratory and in daily life differ (Kane et al., 2007, 2017). However, it is unknown how these predictors may vary when considering two identified dimensions of mind wandering-intentionality and emotional valence. We examined this with a 1-week daily-life experience sampling study with laboratory-based measures of working memory, personality, anxiety, and dispositional mindfulness predicting mind wandering in daily life. Overall, our results suggest that predictors of mind wandering in daily life vary based on both the intentionality and emotional valence dimension of the off-task thought. Dispositional mindfulness was predictive of neutral, intentional, and overall rates of mind wandering. Interactions between working memory and concentration level were observed for some but not all dimensions of mind wandering. The current findings suggest that is it critical to consider both intentionality and emotional valence dimensions to understand individual differences in mind wandering in daily life. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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日常生活中的走神：情绪效价和意向性维度的作用。

在实验室和日常生活中预测走神的因素不同（Kane et al., 2007, 2017）。然而，当考虑到走神的两个确定维度——意向性和情绪效价时，这些预测因子如何变化尚不清楚。我们通过一项为期一周的日常生活经验抽样研究，对工作记忆、个性、焦虑和日常生活中预测走神的倾向正念进行了基于实验室的测量。总体而言，我们的研究结果表明，日常生活中走神的预测因子基于任务外思维的意向性和情绪效价维度而变化。性情性正念可以预测中性、故意和总体的走神率。工作记忆和注意力水平之间的相互作用在走神的某些维度上被观察到，但不是所有维度。目前的研究结果表明，考虑意向性和情绪效价两个维度对于理解日常生活中走神的个体差异至关重要。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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Journal of Experimental Psychology-Learning Memory and Cognition 医学-心理学

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

3.80%

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163

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition publishes studies on perception, control of action, perceptual aspects of language processing, and related cognitive processes.