Curiosity makes your mind wander: Effects of epistemic curiosity and trait anxiety on mind wandering
Curiosity makes your mind wander: Effects of epistemic curiosity and trait anxiety on mind wandering
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DOI：
10.1016/j.paid.2022.112069
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发表时间：
2023-04
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
T. Sekiguchi
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作者：
T. Sekiguchi
本研究以认知好奇和特质焦虑为研究对象，探讨了认知好奇和特质焦虑对走神发生的影响，并从个体差异的角度探讨了认知好奇和特质焦虑对走神倾向的预测作用。MW倾向的测量使用自我报告问卷在研究1中，在研究2中的行为任务的思想探针，而故意和无意的MW分别报告。认知好奇心是用问卷调查来衡量的，问卷调查评估了分散性和特定的好奇心。采用状态-特质焦虑量表和努力控制量表分别测量特质焦虑和执行控制。结构方程模型表明，分散性好奇心可以正向预测有意和无意的MW倾向，而特定好奇心不能预测任何一种MW类型。相反，特质焦虑与MW倾向没有直接关系，而是通过执行控制间接相关。执行控制的负面影响，只有无意的，但不是故意的MW。这些研究结果表明，MW是基于认知好奇心，社会理想的人格特质。MW可以解释为当任务无关的想法的动机被提高时发生，部分原因是高水平的分散性好奇心，而这些想法要么是故意执行的，要么不是被执行控制过程抑制的。
This study focused on epistemic curiosity and trait anxiety as personality traits promoting the occurrence of mind wandering (MW), and examined how these traits might predict the tendency toward MW based on an individual difference approach. MW tendency was measured using a self-report questionnaire in Study 1, and thought probes during a behavioral task in Study 2, while intentional and unintentional MW were reported separately. Epistemic curiosity was measured using questionnaires that assessed diversive and specific curiosity. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Effortful Control Scale were used to measure trait anxiety and executive control, respectively. Structural equation modeling showed that diversive curiosity positively predicted both intentional and unintentional MW tendency, whereas specific curiosity did not predict either MW type. In contrast, trait anxiety was not directly related to MW tendency, but was indirectly related via executive control. Executive control negatively affected only unintentional but not intentional MW. These findings indicate that MW is based on epistemic curiosity, a socially desirable personality trait. MW can be explained as occurring when the motivation for task-unrelated thoughts is heightened, partly due to a high level of diversive curiosity, while these thoughts are either executed intentionally or not suppressed by executive control processes.