How self-generated thought shapes mood--the relation between mind-wandering and mood depends on the socio-temporal content of thoughts.

Recent work has highlighted that the generation of thoughts unrelated to the current environment may be both a cause and a consequence of unhappiness. The current study used lag analysis to examine whether the relationship between self-generated thought and negative affect depends on the content of...

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Autores principales:	Florence J M Ruby, Jonathan Smallwood, Haakon Engen, Tania Singer
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e8bb5b8399d448b5ae378acda12451b12021-11-18T08:49:48ZHow self-generated thought shapes mood--the relation between mind-wandering and mood depends on the socio-temporal content of thoughts.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0077554https://doaj.org/article/e8bb5b8399d448b5ae378acda12451b12013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24194889/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Recent work has highlighted that the generation of thoughts unrelated to the current environment may be both a cause and a consequence of unhappiness. The current study used lag analysis to examine whether the relationship between self-generated thought and negative affect depends on the content of the thoughts themselves. We found that the emotional content could strongly predict subsequent mood (e.g. negative thoughts were associated with subsequent negative mood). However, this direct relationship was modulated by the socio-temporal content of the thoughts: thoughts that were past- and other-related were associated with subsequent negative mood, even if current thought content was positive. By contrast, future- and self-related thoughts preceded improvements of mood, even when current thought content was negative. These results highlight the important link between self-generated thought and mood and suggest that the socio-temporal content plays an important role in determining whether an individual's future affective state will be happy or sad.Florence J M RubyJonathan SmallwoodHaakon EngenTania SingerPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 10, p e77554 (2013)
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description	Recent work has highlighted that the generation of thoughts unrelated to the current environment may be both a cause and a consequence of unhappiness. The current study used lag analysis to examine whether the relationship between self-generated thought and negative affect depends on the content of the thoughts themselves. We found that the emotional content could strongly predict subsequent mood (e.g. negative thoughts were associated with subsequent negative mood). However, this direct relationship was modulated by the socio-temporal content of the thoughts: thoughts that were past- and other-related were associated with subsequent negative mood, even if current thought content was positive. By contrast, future- and self-related thoughts preceded improvements of mood, even when current thought content was negative. These results highlight the important link between self-generated thought and mood and suggest that the socio-temporal content plays an important role in determining whether an individual's future affective state will be happy or sad.
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title	How self-generated thought shapes mood--the relation between mind-wandering and mood depends on the socio-temporal content of thoughts.
title_short	How self-generated thought shapes mood--the relation between mind-wandering and mood depends on the socio-temporal content of thoughts.
title_full	How self-generated thought shapes mood--the relation between mind-wandering and mood depends on the socio-temporal content of thoughts.
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How self-generated thought shapes mood--the relation between mind-wandering and mood depends on the socio-temporal content of thoughts.

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