The contribution of latent factors of executive functioning to mind wandering: : An experience sampling study
Marcusson-Clavertz, David LU ; Persson, Stefan LU ; Cardeña, Etzel LU
; Terhune, Devin
; Gort, Cassandra
and Kuehner, Christine
(2022)
In Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
7(1).
- Abstract
- Accumulating evidence suggests that individuals with greater executive resources spend less time mind wandering.Independent strands of research further suggest that this association depends on concentration and a guiltydysphoricdaydreaming style. However, it remains unclear whether this association is specific to particular featuresof executive functioning or certain operationalizations of mind wandering, including task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs,comprising external distractions and mind wandering) and stimulus-independent and task-unrelated thoughts(SITUTs, comprising mind wandering only). This study sought to clarify these associations by using confirmatory factoranalysis to compute latent scores for distinct executive functions based on... (More)
- Accumulating evidence suggests that individuals with greater executive resources spend less time mind wandering.Independent strands of research further suggest that this association depends on concentration and a guiltydysphoricdaydreaming style. However, it remains unclear whether this association is specific to particular featuresof executive functioning or certain operationalizations of mind wandering, including task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs,comprising external distractions and mind wandering) and stimulus-independent and task-unrelated thoughts(SITUTs, comprising mind wandering only). This study sought to clarify these associations by using confirmatory factoranalysis to compute latent scores for distinct executive functions based on nine cognitive tasks and relating them toexperience sampling reports of mind wandering. We expected that individuals with greater executive control (specificallyupdating) would show a stronger reduction in SITUTs as momentary concentration and guilty-dysphoric styleincrease. A bifactor model of the cognitive battery indicated a general factor (common executive functioning) andancillary factors (updating and shifting). A significant interaction between updating and concentration on mind wanderingwas observed with mind wandering defined as TUTs, but not as SITUTs (N = 187). A post hoc analysis clarifiedthis discrepancy by showing that as concentration increases, both external distractions and mind wandering decreasemore strongly among people with greater updating. Moreover, common executive functioning predicted a morenegative slope of guilty-dysphoric style on SITUTs, whereas updating and shifting predicted more positive slopes. Theopposite slopes of these executive functions on daily life mind wandering may reflect a stability-flexibility trade-offbetween goal maintenance and goal replacement abilities. (Less)
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- Marcusson-Clavertz, David
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; Persson, Stefan
LU
; Cardeña, Etzel
LU
; Terhune, Devin
; Gort, Cassandra
and Kuehner, Christine
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- Mind wandering, Shifting, Updating, Inhibiting, Task-switching, Concentration, Guilt/fear-of-failure, Daydreaming, Working memory capacity, Ecological momentary assessments (EMA), Experience sampling method (ESM)
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- Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
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- 7
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- 1
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- 34
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- Springer
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- pmid:35467232
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- 2365-7464
- DOI
- 10.1186/s41235-022-00383-9
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