Hos vem vandrar tankarna? Frekvens av och individuella variationer i mind wandering
(2022) PSYK11 20221Department of Psychology
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Denna studie har ämnat att undersöka relationen mellan mind wandering och personlighet. Tidigare forskning på området har gett en splittrad bild kring uppmätta korrelationer mellan specifika personlighetsdrag och mind wandering. Mind wandering mättes med skalan Mind Wandering Questionnaire och personlighet mättes med Big Five Inventory i en enkät. Fem hypoteser formulerades; mind wandering kommer uppvisa en negativ korrelation med extraversion, agreeableness och conscientiousness, samt en positiv korrelation med neuroticism och openness. Svar från 455 deltagare genererade resultat som visar signifikanta korrelationer mellan agreeableness och mind wandering (r = -.166, p = < .001), conscientiousness och mind wandering (r = -.536, p = <... (More)
- Denna studie har ämnat att undersöka relationen mellan mind wandering och personlighet. Tidigare forskning på området har gett en splittrad bild kring uppmätta korrelationer mellan specifika personlighetsdrag och mind wandering. Mind wandering mättes med skalan Mind Wandering Questionnaire och personlighet mättes med Big Five Inventory i en enkät. Fem hypoteser formulerades; mind wandering kommer uppvisa en negativ korrelation med extraversion, agreeableness och conscientiousness, samt en positiv korrelation med neuroticism och openness. Svar från 455 deltagare genererade resultat som visar signifikanta korrelationer mellan agreeableness och mind wandering (r = -.166, p = < .001), conscientiousness och mind wandering (r = -.536, p = < .001) samt neuroticism och mind wandering (r = .481, p = < .001), vilket styrker tre av hypoteserna. Dessutom uppmättes en signifikant negativ korrelation mellan ålder och mind wandering (r = -.351, p = < .001). Vidare utfördes multipel regressionsanalys där 39.7 % av variationen i mind wandering kan förklaras av conscientiousness, neuroticism och ålder (F(3, 451) = 99.0, p < .001). Ingen signifikant korrelation uppmättes mellan dragen extraversion och openness gentemot mind wandering, i kontrast till viss tidigare forskning. Dessa resultat indikerar ett samband mellan vissa personlighetsdrag och mind wandering samt tydliggör ålders påverkan på de båda konstrukten. Tidigare forskning har sällan tagit hänsyn till variabeln ålder, vilken därför kan vara av intresse vid framtida forskning samt vid praktiska tillämpningar med syfte att motverka mind wandering för att öka produktivitet och uppmärksamhet. (Less)
- Abstract
- The present study aimed to investigate the relation between mind wandering and personality. Prior research on the subject has shown varied results on correlations between specific personality traits and mind wandering. Mind wandering frequency was measured using Mind Wandering Questionnaire and personality was measured using Big Five Inventory in the form of a survey. Five hypotheses were formulated; mind wandering will show a negative correlation with extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness, as well as a positive correlation with neuroticism and openness. Responses from 455 participants generated results showing significant correlations between agreeableness and mind wandering (r = -.166, p = < .001), conscientiousness and mind... (More)
- The present study aimed to investigate the relation between mind wandering and personality. Prior research on the subject has shown varied results on correlations between specific personality traits and mind wandering. Mind wandering frequency was measured using Mind Wandering Questionnaire and personality was measured using Big Five Inventory in the form of a survey. Five hypotheses were formulated; mind wandering will show a negative correlation with extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness, as well as a positive correlation with neuroticism and openness. Responses from 455 participants generated results showing significant correlations between agreeableness and mind wandering (r = -.166, p = < .001), conscientiousness and mind wandering (r = -.536, p = < .001) as well as neuroticism and mind wandering (r = .481, p = < .001), supporting three of the hypotheses. A significant correlation was found between age and mind wandering (r = -.351, p = < .001). Multiple regression analyses showed that 39.7% of the variance in mind wandering can be explained by conscientiousness, neuroticism and age (F(3, 451) = 99.0, p < .001). No significant correlation was found between either extraversion or openness and mind wandering, in contrast to some previous findings. The results suggest a relationship between certain personality traits and mind wandering, with age playing a significant role in modulating both personality and mind wandering. The impact of age has seldom been explored in prior research and can therefore be considered for future research as well as practical applications, for example in aiming to reduce mind wandering to increase productivity and attention. (Less)
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- Aspe, Tilda LU ; Hagström, Evelina LU and Nabhan, Miriam LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSYK11 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- mind wandering, personlighet, ålder, MWQ, BFI, Big Five
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9086603
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abstract = {{The present study aimed to investigate the relation between mind wandering and personality. Prior research on the subject has shown varied results on correlations between specific personality traits and mind wandering. Mind wandering frequency was measured using Mind Wandering Questionnaire and personality was measured using Big Five Inventory in the form of a survey. Five hypotheses were formulated; mind wandering will show a negative correlation with extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness, as well as a positive correlation with neuroticism and openness. Responses from 455 participants generated results showing significant correlations between agreeableness and mind wandering (r = -.166, p = < .001), conscientiousness and mind wandering (r = -.536, p = < .001) as well as neuroticism and mind wandering (r = .481, p = < .001), supporting three of the hypotheses. A significant correlation was found between age and mind wandering (r = -.351, p = < .001). Multiple regression analyses showed that 39.7% of the variance in mind wandering can be explained by conscientiousness, neuroticism and age (F(3, 451) = 99.0, p < .001). No significant correlation was found between either extraversion or openness and mind wandering, in contrast to some previous findings. The results suggest a relationship between certain personality traits and mind wandering, with age playing a significant role in modulating both personality and mind wandering. The impact of age has seldom been explored in prior research and can therefore be considered for future research as well as practical applications, for example in aiming to reduce mind wandering to increase productivity and attention.}},
author = {{Aspe, Tilda and Hagström, Evelina and Nabhan, Miriam}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Hos vem vandrar tankarna? Frekvens av och individuella variationer i mind wandering}},
year = {{2022}},
}