Temporal Focus Of Mind Wandering And Well-Being:the Intermediation Of Reflection

Mind wandering refers to the cognitive process in which an individual,while awake,pays attention to disengaging from the current task and pointing to his own internal thoughts.As one of its characteristics,the temporal focus of mind wandering refers to the time bias(thinking about the future and recalling the past)that occurs when individuals are wandering in mind.For example,in our daily life,we often have such experience:when you sit in the classroom to have a class,your mind is always not focused on the current task,you may be thinking for a while after class to go shopping with a friend,or thinking about a few days ago when you met the scene of the primary school classmates.Mind wandering is a very frequent part of our daily lives,and temporal focus of mind wandering has a very important role in our life.A study found that temporal focus of mind wandering on the positive role of performance in it can help individuals for creative achievements and planning and looking forward to the future,but on the other hand,it will be a negative impact on individual's mood and well-being(recall the past),when individuals in the case of mind wandering,it always recall the past unhappy or sad things,depression.Previous studies have found that temporal focus of mind wandering has an impact on individual well-being,but the internal mechanism of its impact is still unclear.Therefore,this study introduced meditation as a variable,and took teenagers as subjects to discuss the relationship between temporal focus of mind wandering and well-being,as well as the role of meditation in the relationship between temporal focus of mind wandering and well-being.The research on this issue can not only further understand the internal mechanism of psychological dissociation and temporal focus of mind wandering affecting well-being,but also enrich the existing relevant theories.Secondly,to explore the relationship between temporal focus of mind wandering and well-being of teenagers is not only to explore whether the temporal focus of mind wandering can occur among adolescents and whether it can have certain influence on the well-being of individuals,but also to further find ways and methods to improve the well-being of adolescents.In the first study,1348 adolescents(11 to 17 years old)were tested by questionnaire method to explore the applicability of temporal focus of mind wandering questionnaire in the youth group.The results showed that the questionnaire had good psychological indexes.The temporal focus of mind wandering about the future dimension of mental dissociation has a significant positive correlation with mental dissociation,while the recalling the past dimension has a significant positive correlation with mental dissociation.The future thinking dimension of mental dissociation time focus is significantly positively correlated with subject well-being,and negatively correlated with mindfulness and attention perception.However,there was a significant positive correlation with subject well-being.To investigate in youth groups of their temporal focus of mind wandering,the relationship between well-being and meditation,the second by the method of questionnaire,986 middle school students(aged 11 to 14)were measured,the results showed that:temporal focus of mind wandering and subject well-being and focus on the thinking of the future upon was significantly positively related.The past dimension of temporal focus of mind wandering is positively related to subject well-being and reflection.In exploring the relationship between meditation and well-being in temporal focus of mind wandering,we find reflection plays a complete mediating role between thinking about the future and subject,and reflection plays a complete mediating role between thinking about the future and psychology well-being.To sum up,this study conducted a research on the adaptability of temporal focus of mind wandering questionnaire in the youth group.The results showed that the questionnaire had good psychological indicators and had good applicability in the youth group.Temporal focus of mind wandering about the future dimension of mental dissociation has a significant positive correlation with mental dissociation,while the recalling the past dimension has a significant positive correlation with mental dissociation.The future thinking dimension of mental dissociation time focus is significantly positively correlated with subject well-being and psychology well-being.Secondly,this study explores the relationship between temporal focus of mind wandering,well-being and reflection.The results show that the future dimension of mind wandering is positively correlated with subject well-being and psychology well-being.The past dimension of temporal focus of mind wandering is positively related to subject well-being.Reflection plays a complete mediating role between thinking about the future and subject well-being,and it plays a complete mediating role between thinking about the future and psychology wellbeing.This finding has certain significance for promoting the happiness level of teenagers.