Mind Wandering and Reading Comprehension: Examining the Roles of Working Memory Capacity, Interest, Motivation, and Topic Experience
Mind Wandering and Reading Comprehension: Examining the Roles of Working Memory Capacity, Interest, Motivation, and Topic Experience
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DOI：
10.1037/a0029669
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发表时间：
2013-05-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
McMillan, Brittany D.
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作者：
Unsworth, Nash;McMillan, Brittany D.
当前的研究检查了走神和阅读理解的个体差异。本研究特别考察了思维走神、工作记忆能力、对当前主题的兴趣、完成任务的动机以及主题体验的个体差异及其与阅读理解的关系。通过验证性因素分析和结构方程模型发现，阅读时走神的变化受到工作记忆容量、主题兴趣和动机的影响。此外，这些相同的因素以及主题经验影响了阅读理解的个体差异。重要的是，有几个因素对阅读理解（和走神）有直接影响，而阅读理解（和走神）与其他因素之间的关系是通过间接影响发生的。这些结果表明，一般领域和特定领域因素都会导致阅读时走神和阅读理解。
Individual differences in mind wandering and reading comprehension were examined in the current study. In particular, individual differences in mind wandering, working memory capacity, interest in the current topic, motivation to do well on the task, and topic experience and their relations with reading comprehension were examined in the current study. Using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling it was found that variation in mind wandering while reading was influenced by working memory capacity, topic interest, and motivation. Furthermore, these same factors, along with topic experience, influenced individual differences in reading comprehension. Importantly, several factors had direct effects on reading comprehension (and mind wandering), while the relation between reading comprehension (and mind wandering) and other factors occurred via indirect effects. These results suggest that both domain-general and domain-specific factors contribute to mind wandering while reading and to reading comprehension.