The contribution of latent factors of executive functioning to mind wandering: an experience sampling study

Marcusson-Clavertz, David; Persson, Stefan D.; Cardeña, Etzel; Terhune, Devin B.; Gort, Cassandra; Kuehner, Christine

doi:10.1186/s41235-022-00383-9

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Table 4 Results from multilevel models with executive functioning (EF) factors and momentary concentration as predictors of stimulus-independent and task-unrelated thoughts (SITUTs), task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs), and stimulus-independent thoughts (SITs)

From: The contribution of latent factors of executive functioning to mind wandering: an experience sampling study

	SITUTs				TUTs				SITs
	B (SE)	p	OR	95% CI	B (SE)	p	OR	95% CI	B (SE)	p	OR	95% CI
Null model (M1)
Intercept	− 1.46 (0.06)	< .01	0.23	[0.20, 0.26]	− 0.86 (0.06)	< .01	0.42	[0.37, 0.48]	− 0.82 (0.06)	< .01	0.44	[0.39, 0.50]
Main effects model (M2)
Intercept	− 1.77 (0.08)	< .01	0.17	[0.15, 0.20]	− 1.08 (0.08)	< .01	0.34	[0.29, 0.40]	− 0.96 (0.07)	< .01	0.38	[0.33, 0.44]
Shifting-specific	− 0.06 (0.09)	.53	0.95	[0.79, 1.13]	0.01 (0.09)	.93	1.01	[0.85, 1.20]	− 0.10 (0.09)	.25	0.90	[0.76, 1.08]
Updating-specific	0.09 (0.09)	.32	1.09	[0.92, 1.31]	0.11 (0.08)	.18	1.11	[0.95, 1.30]	0.05 (0.07)	.50	1.05	[0.91, 1.20]
Common EF	− 0.00 (0.08)	.97	1.00	[0.85, 1.17]	0.05 (0.10)	.57	1.06	[0.87, 1.28]	− 0.07 (0.08)	.41	0.94	[0.80, 1.10]
Concentration	− 3.51 (0.20)	< .01	0.03	[0.02, 0.04]	− 3.80 (0.19)	< .01	0.02	[0.02, 0.03]	− 2.16 (0.20)	< .01	0.12	[0.08, 0.17]
Confirmatory interaction model (M3)
Intercept	− 1.77 (0.08)	< .01	0.17	[0.15, 0.20]	− 1.08 (0.08)	< .01	0.34	[0.29, 0.40]	− 0.96 (0.07)	< .01	0.38	[0.33, 0.44]
Shifting-specific	− 0.05 (0.09)	.54	0.95	[0.79, 1.13]	0.01 (0.09)	.90	1.01	[0.85, 1.21]	− 0.10 (0.09)	.25	0.90	[0.76, 1.08]
Updating-specific	0.07 (0.09)	.43	1.08	[0.90, 1.30]	0.09 (0.08)	.26	1.09	[0.93, 1.28]	− 0.00 (0.08)	.99	1.00	[0.86, 1.17]
Common EF	− 0.00 (0.08)	.97	1.00	[0.85, 1.17]	0.05 (0.10)	.57	1.06	[0.87, 1.28]	− 0.07 (0.08)	.42	0.94	[0.80, 1.10]
Concentration	− 3.50 (0.20)	< .01	0.03	[0.02, 0.05]	− 3.78 (0.19)	< .01	0.02	[0.02, 0.03]	− 2.15 (0.20)	< .01	0.12	[0.08, 0.17]
Concentration × updating-specific	− 0.20 (0.20)	.32	0.82	[0.55, 1.22]	− 0.45 (0.21)	.03	0.64	[0.42, 0.96]	− 0.33 (0.21)	.11	0.72	[0.48, 1.08]
Exploratory interaction model (M4)
Intercept	− 1.76 (0.08)	< .01	0.17	[0.15, 0.20]	− 1.08 (0.08)	< .01	0.34	[0.29, 0.40]	− 0.96 (0.07)	< .01	0.38	[0.33, 0.44]
Shifting-specific	− 0.02 (0.09)	.85	0.98	[0.83, 1.17]	0.02 (0.09)	.83	1.02	[0.85, 1.22]	− 0.04 (0.09)	.67	0.96	[0.80, 1.16]
Updating-specific	0.08 (0.09)	.37	1.09	[0.90, 1.31]	0.09 (0.08)	.26	1.10	[0.93, 1.29]	0.02 (0.08)	.76	1.02	[0.88, 1.20]
Common EF	− 0.02 (0.08)	.80	0.98	[0.83, 1.16]	0.05 (0.10)	.59	1.05	[0.87, 1.28]	− 0.11 (0.09)	.19	0.89	[0.75, 1.06]
Concentration	− 3.49 (0.20)	< .01	0.03	[0.02, 0.04]	− 3.78 (0.19)	< .01	0.02	[0.02, 0.03]	− 2.14 (0.20)	< .01	0.12	[0.08, 0.17]
Concentration × shifting-specific	0.51 (0.23)	.03	1.67	[1.05, 2.64]	0.24 (0.22)	.28	1.27	[0.82, 1.98]	0.44 (0.22)	.05	1.55	[0.99, 2.41]
Concentration × updating-specific	− 0.05 (0.21)	.80	0.95	[0.63, 1.43]	− 0.39 (0.22)	.07	0.68	[0.44, 1.04]	− 0.16 (0.22)	.48	0.86	[0.56, 1.32]
Concentration × common EF	− 0.23 (0.22)	.31	0.80	[0.52, 1.23]	− 0.06 (0.22)	.78	0.94	[0.61, 1.45]	− 0.35 (0.21)	.11	0.71	[0.46, 1.08]

Model comparisons	Δχ²	p	Δχ²	p	Δχ²	p
M2 vs. M1 (df = 6)	1194.34	< .01	1728.71	< .01	825.41	< .01
M3 vs. M2 (df = 1)	1.12	.29	5.89	.02	2.93	.08
M4 vs. M3 (df = 2)	5.23	.07	1.14	.56	4.83	.09
M4 vs. M2 (df = 3)	6.35	.09	7.03	.07	7.77	.05

Endorsed models in bold. N_individuals = 187. N_moments = 10,257

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