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| Title |
Mind wandering via mental contrasting as a tool for behavior change
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00562 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gabriele Oettingen, Bettina Schwörer |
| Abstract |
When people engage in mind wandering they drift away from a task toward their inner thoughts and feelings. These thoughts often circle around people's personal futures. One assumed function of mind wandering is that it aids problem solving and planning for the future. We will discuss different forms of mind wandering and their effects on problem solving and behavior change. While solely fantasizing about a desired future leads to poor problem solving and little behavior change, mind wandering in the form of mental contrasting leads to skilled problem solving and substantial behavior change. In mental contrasting, people first envision the desired future and then imagine the obstacles that need to be surmounted to reach said future. Mental contrasting instigates behavior change by modulating the strength of associations between future and reality and between reality and instrumental action. Intervention research shows that mental contrasting can be taught as a cost- and time-effective self-regulation strategy of behavior change. The findings have implications for research on mind wandering, problem solving, and on creating effective interventions of behavior change. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | 20% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Nepal | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 40% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 40% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 109 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 101 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 22 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 13% |
| Researcher | 13 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 23 | 21% |
| Unknown | 12 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 56 | 51% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 5% |
| Computer Science | 4 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 17 | 16% |
| Unknown | 16 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 February 2018.
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