ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2014
Self-generated thoughts and depression: from daydreaming to depressive symptoms.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Assessing the effects of an 8-week mindfulness training program on neural oscillations and self-reports during meditation practice.PloS one · 2024Article
- Differential relationships between thought dimensions and momentary affect in daily life.Psychological research · 2023Article
- Awake or Sleeping? Maybe Both… A Review of Sleep-Related Dissociative States.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Maladaptive task-unrelated thoughts: Self-control failure or avoidant behavior? Preliminary evidence from an experience sampling study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Spanish and cross-cultural validation of the mind excessively wandering scale.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Mediating Role of Rumination and Negative Affect in the Effect of Mind-Wandering on Symptoms in Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Sluggish cognitive tempo and ADHD symptoms in relation to task-unrelated thought: Examining unique links with mind-wandering and rumination.Journal of psychiatric research · 2020Article
- Distinct patterns of thought mediate the link between brain functional connectomes and well-being.Network neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2020Article
- Putative Brain Networks Underlying Repetitive Negative Thinking and Comorbid Internalizing Problems in Autism.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2017Article
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- Lab meets real life: A laboratory assessment of spontaneous thought and its ecological validity.PloS one · 2017Article
- Prediction of Mind-Wandering with Electroencephalogram and Non-linear Regression Modeling.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2017Article
- Spontaneous Thought and Vulnerability to Mood Disorders: The Dark Side of the Wandering Mind.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2016Article
- Tracking Potentiating States of Dissociation: An Intensive Clinical Case Study of Sleep, Daydreaming, Mood, and Depersonalization/Derealization.Frontiers in psychology · 2016Article
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Abstract
Human minds often engage in thoughts and feelings that are self-generated rather than stimulus-dependent, such as daydreaming. Recent research suggests that under certain circumstances, daydreaming is associated with adverse effects on cognition and affect. Based on recent literature about the influence of resting mind in relation to rumination and depression, this questionnaire study investigated mechanisms linking daydreaming to depressive symptoms. Specifically, an indirect effect model was tested in which daydreaming influences depressive symptoms through enhancing self-focus and ruminative thought. Results were in line with the hypothesis and several alternative pathways were ruled out. The results provide initial supportive evidence that daydreaming can influence depressive symptoms through influences on self-focus and rumination. Further research should use prospective or experimental designs to further validate and strengthen these conclusions.
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