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Mind Wandering as a Result of Failed Self-regulation: An Examination of Novel Antecedents

Etherton, Kent
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1629138067893793

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2021, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Wright State University, Human Factors and Industrial/Organizational Psychology PhD.
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of self-regulatory mechanisms when predicting mind wandering. I collected data from a sample of undergraduate psychology students (N = 168) and full-time workers (N = 660). The hypothesized model did not produce acceptable fit. However, through alternative model testing, I discovered a well-fitting model of self-regulatory predictors of mind wandering. These results contributed to the literature by providing evidence that motivational mechanisms significantly predict mind wandering in both student and work contexts and raise issues relating to 1) the uni- versus multi-dimensionality of approach and avoid-motivational temperaments, 2) distinctions between goal level, goal commitment, and other motivational variables, and 3) the need to integrate motivational mechanisms and predictors into existing models of mind wandering.
Debra Steele-Johnson, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Nathan Bowling, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Joan Rentsch, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Corey Miller, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
136 p.
Psychology
mind wandering; self regulation; self-regulatory mechanisms

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  • Etherton, K. (2021). Mind Wandering as a Result of Failed Self-regulation: An Examination of Novel Antecedents [Doctoral dissertation, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1629138067893793

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Etherton, Kent. Mind Wandering as a Result of Failed Self-regulation: An Examination of Novel Antecedents. 2021. Wright State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1629138067893793.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Etherton, Kent. "Mind Wandering as a Result of Failed Self-regulation: An Examination of Novel Antecedents." Doctoral dissertation, Wright State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1629138067893793

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