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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Attention Studies
  • Affective Science

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  • Mindwandering and external distractions are common experiences.
  • Their relationship to attention and happiness is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test if mindwandering and external distraction share a common basis in reduced attention focus.
  • To examine the relationship between mindwandering, external distraction, and happiness.

Main Methods:

  • Two studies involving real-time experience sampling in 524 participants.
  • Data collected on mindwandering, external distractions (e.g., music, phone), and happiness levels during daily activities.

Main Results:

  • External distractions positively correlated with mindwandering.
  • Mindwandering duration predicted by external distraction duration.
  • Exploratory factor analysis suggested a single underlying construct for mindwandering and distraction.
  • Distraction (especially mobile phones) and mindwandering associated with reduced happiness.

Conclusions:

  • Results support the hypothesis of a common state of reduced attention focus underlying mindwandering and distractibility.
  • Reduced attention focus is linked to decreased happiness.