The Mediating Role of Affects between Mind-Wandering and Happiness
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Mind-Wandering and Happiness
3. Mind-Wandering and Affects
4. Affects and Happiness
5. The Current Study
6. Materials and Methods
6.1. Procedure
6.2. Participants
6.3. Measures
6.3.1. Mind-Wandering Questionnaire (MWQ)
6.3.2. Subjective Happiness Scale
6.3.3. Positive and Negative Affects Questionnaire (PANAS)
6.4. Data Analysis
7. Results
8. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Average | Standard Deviation | Mind-Wandering | Happiness | Positive Affects | |
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Mind-Wandering | 13.744 | 4.442 | |||
Happiness | 20.844 | 4.762 | −0.311 ** | ||
Positive Affects | 32.474 | 6.219 | −0.341 ** | 0.458 ** | |
Negative Affects | 22.862 | 7.979 | 0.416 ** | −0.541 ** | −0.254 ** |
High Happiness | Middle Happiness | Low Happiness | Mean | F | Sig. | |
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Mind-wandering | 11.33 | 15.49 | 16.51 | 13.74 | 53.67 | 0.000 |
Happiness | 23.67 | 19.58 | 16.92 | 20.84 | 79.37 | 0.000 |
Positive affects | 36.00 | 27.69 | 30.47 | 32.47 | 65.84 | 0.000 |
Negative affects | 17.70 | 21.35 | 33.48 | 22.86 | 301.66 | 0.000 |
N (%) | 131 (48.52%) | 66 (24.44%) | 73 (27.04%) |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleSalavera, Carlos, and Pablo Usán. 2020. "The Mediating Role of Affects between Mind-Wandering and Happiness" Sustainability 12, no. 12: 5139. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12125139
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