Paula Lowe, in fulfilling the requirements for a PhD from the Graduate School of Leadership and Change, has written and published a dissertation titled, Mind Wandering in Daily Life: A National Experience Sampling Study of Intentional and Unintentional Mind Wandering Episodes Reported by Working Adults Ages 25 – 50.
To learn about mind wandering in the daily life of working adults, this dissertation investigated intentional and unintentional mind wandering episodes reported by working adults, ages 25–50, living across the United States.
Based upon 7,947 notification responses and 4,294 reported mind wandering episodes, Lowe’s research findings showed that mind wandering is a common thinking experience in working adults’ daily life. This experience was differentiated by intentionality, parent status, and gender.. By generating new knowledge about the thinking life of working adults, this study’s results and methodology contribute to the fields of leadership and change, thought research, intrapersonal and interpersonal psychology, work and family studies, and education.
Read and download Lowe’s dissertation, Mind Wandering in Daily Life: A National Experience Sampling Study of Intentional and Unintentional Mind Wandering Episodes Reported by Working Adults Ages 25 – 50, here.
