ArticleEmotion (Washington, D.C.)2020
Mind wandering and stress: When you don't like the present moment.
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- Further unpacking age-related differences in mind wandering: The roles of emotional valence and meta-awareness.Memory & cognition · 2025Article
- Mindfulness-Based Attention Training in the Navy: A Feasibility Study.Psychological reports · 2024Article
- Influence of mindfulness meditation on intracranial EEG parameters in epileptic and non-epileptic brain areas.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2024Article
- Temporal dynamics and long-term effects of a mindfulness-based intervention for young adults with adverse childhood experiences.Mindfulness · 2024Article
- Mind wandering, poor sleep, and negative affect: a threefold vicious cycle?Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Review
- Cross-cultural adaptation of the Mind-Wandering Questionnaire (MWQ) for Brazilian Portuguese and evidence of its validity.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) · 2024Article
- Combined effects of cumulative stress and daily stressors on daily health.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2023Article
- Maladaptive task-unrelated thoughts: Self-control failure or avoidant behavior? Preliminary evidence from an experience sampling study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Mind wandering in reading: An embodied approach.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Dimensions of inattention: Cognitive, behavioral, and affective consequences.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Effects of Chronic Burden Across Multiple Domains and Experiences of Daily Stressors on Negative Affect.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2022Article
- Asymmetrical Effects of Sleep and Emotions in Daily Life.Affective science · 2022Article
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- Mind-wandering content differentially translates from lab to daily life and relates to subjective stress experience.Psychological research · 2021Article
- Pre-retirement Employees Experience Lasting Improvements in Resilience and Well-Being After Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- When Work Conflicts With Personal Projects: The Association of Work-Life Conflict With Worker Wellbeing and the Mediating Role of Mindfulness.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Buddhist philosophy and existing empirical evidence suggest that being engaged in-and accepting-the present moment is associated with greater well-being. However, engaging with the present moment experience and ignoring unwanted thoughts is difficult given the nature of our minds and the competing demands for our attention. This may be especially true when experiencing psychological stress, during which acceptance of current experience may be particularly difficult. This study examines inter- and intraindividual variability in how psychological stress influences daily mind states, and how mind states are related to affect. For 21 days, women (n = 183; half chronically stressed, half low-stress controls) reported levels of mind wandering, engagement with and rejection of their current experience, positive and negative affect, and quality of connection to their partner. Women under chronic stress reported more evening mind wandering, less engagement, and more rejection of the moment, compared to low stress controls. These mind states were in turn associated with more negative evening mood. Daily contextual factors, specifically, having a stressful event (objectively coded) and quality of connection with spouse that day (a known stress buffer), influenced evening mind states. Results provide evidence that chronic and daily psychological stress interfere with daily presence while positive social connection enhances presence in the moment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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