Ibaceta Miguel, Madrid Hector P
Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
School of Business, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile.
Front Psychol. 2021 Apr 15;12:581129. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.581129. eCollection 2021.
Mind-wandering is a psychological process involving the emergence of spontaneous thoughts in daily life. Research has shown that mind-wandering influences diverse psychological outcomes; however, less is known about possible individual differences that may drive mind-wandering. In this study, we argue that personality traits, expressed in neuroticism and openness to experience, may lead to the individual's self-perception of their mind-wandering activity, due to meta-awareness processes. In a three-wave survey study with 273 college students, we gathered data which supported a positive association of both neuroticism and openness to experience with mind-wandering self-perception, mediated by the individual's meta-awareness. Thus, this study contributes to the literature on spontaneous thinking by showing that mind-wandering processes may be a function of individual differences expressed in personality traits.
走神是一种心理过程,涉及日常生活中自发想法的出现。研究表明,走神会影响多种心理结果;然而,对于可能导致走神的个体差异却知之甚少。在本研究中,我们认为,由于元认知过程,以神经质和经验开放性表现出来的人格特质可能会导致个体对自己走神活动的自我认知。在一项对273名大学生进行的三波调查研究中,我们收集的数据支持了神经质和经验开放性与走神自我认知之间的正相关关系,这种关系由个体的元认知介导。因此,本研究通过表明走神过程可能是人格特质中所表现出的个体差异的一种函数,为关于自发思维的文献做出了贡献。