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| Title |
Young and restless: validation of the Mind-Wandering Questionnaire (MWQ) reveals disruptive impact of mind-wandering for youth
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00560 |
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| Authors |
Michael D. Mrazek, Dawa T. Phillips, Michael S. Franklin, James M. Broadway, Jonathan W. Schooler |
| Abstract |
Mind-wandering is the focus of extensive investigation, yet until recently there has been no validated scale to directly measure trait levels of task-unrelated thought. Scales commonly used to assess mind-wandering lack face validity, measuring related constructs such as daydreaming or behavioral errors. Here we report four studies validating a Mind-Wandering Questionnaire (MWQ) across college, high school, and middle school samples. The 5-item scale showed high internal consistency, as well as convergent validity with existing measures of mind-wandering and related constructs. Trait levels of mind-wandering, as measured by the MWQ, were correlated with task-unrelated thought measured by thought sampling during a test of reading comprehension. In both middle school and high school samples, mind-wandering during testing was associated with worse reading comprehension. By contrast, elevated trait levels of mind-wandering predicted worse mood, less life-satisfaction, greater stress, and lower self-esteem. By extending the use of thought sampling to measure mind-wandering among adolescents, our findings also validate the use of this methodology with younger populations. Both the MWQ and thought sampling indicate that mind-wandering is a pervasive-and problematic-influence on the performance and well-being of adolescents. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 461 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | <1% |
| India | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 443 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 82 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 62 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 58 | 13% |
| Researcher | 50 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 30 | 7% |
| Other | 61 | 13% |
| Unknown | 118 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 226 | 49% |
| Neuroscience | 29 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 15 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 13 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 2% |
| Other | 36 | 8% |
| Unknown | 131 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 107. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 January 2024.
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