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Citation

Stawarczyk D, Majerus S, Van der linden M, D'Argembeau A. Front. Psychol. 2012; 3(online): 363.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology - Cognition and Behavior, University of Liège Liège, Belgium ; Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique Brussels, Belgium.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Frontiers Research Foundation)

DOI

10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00363

PMID

23055995

PMCID

PMC3457083

Abstract

Recent findings have shown that mind-wandering - the occurrence of stimulus-independent and task-unrelated thoughts - is associated with negative affect and lower psychological well-being. However, it remains unclear whether this relationship is due to the occurrence of mind-wandering per se or to the fact that people who mind wander more tend to be generally less attentive to present-moment experience. In three studies, we first validate a French translation of a retrospective self-report questionnaire widely used to assess the general occurrence of mind-wandering in daily life - the Daydreaming Frequency Scale. Using this questionnaire, we then show that the relationship between mind-wandering frequency and psychological distress is fully accounted for by individual differences in dispositional mindful awareness and encoding style. These findings suggest that it may not be mind-wandering per se that is responsible for psychological distress, but rather the general tendency to be less aware and attentive to the present-moment. Thus, although mind-wandering and present-moment awareness are related constructs, they are not reducible to one another, and are distinguishable in terms of their relationship with psychological well-being.


Language: en

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