ArticleJournal of affective disorders2024
Mind-wandering in daily life in depressed individuals: An experience sampling study.
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- Spatiotemporal disruption of prefrontal dynamics during affective association in depression: an fNIRS case-control study.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Can transcranial direct current stimulation aimed at reducing mind wandering alleviate depression?Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Self-compassion and mindfulness in relation to mind wandering: indirect associations mediated by negative affect.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Does Social Support Play a Role in the Expression and Everyday Functioning Impact of Apathy in HIV Disease?AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundA diagnostic criterion for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is difficulty concentrating and increased distractibility. One form of distraction that occurs in everyday life is mind-wandering. The current study aims to test how individuals with MDD and healthy controls differ in their mind-wandering in everyday life.
methodsAdults diagnosed with MDD (n = 53) and healthy controls (n = 53) completed a week of experience sampling, with prompts administered up to eight times per day. At each prompt, participants reported the occurrence and characteristics of their mind-wandering. They also reported levels of momentary negative affect (NA), positive affect (PA), and rumination.
resultsMDD participants reported mind-wandering almost twice as often as healthy control participants. Compared to healthy participants, MDD participants rated their mind-wandering as more negative, but did not differ in terms of temporal orientation. Higher NA and lower PA predicted mind-wandering in the MDD group but not healthy controls, even after controlling for rumination. Time-lagged analyses revealed that current mind-wandering predicted future levels of PA in MDD participants but not in healthy controls; in contrast, current NA and PA did not predict future mind-wandering. LIMITATIONS: Limitations include our examination of specific forms of mind-wandering (i.e., we did not sample the full spectrum of this construct).
conclusionsIndividuals with MDD frequently report engaging in mind-wandering in everyday life, and this appears to be coupled with affect. Mind-wandering may have maladaptive effects in MDD and could serve as a target for intervention.
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