Table 10. Correlations between the big five personality domains and daydreaming frequency, mind wandering, attention-related cognitive errors, and mindfulness.
| Daydreaming Frequency† | Mind Wandering† | CES† | Mindfulness† | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1b | S2a | S2b | S2d | S1c | S2a | S2c | S2d | S2a | S1d | S2a | S2d | Giluk [34]‡ | |
| E | -.250** (180) | -.109* (329) | -.087 (213) | -.069 (268) | -.266*** (172) | -.141 (192) | .031 (189) | -.071 (268) | -.171** (258) | .287*** (209) | .156* (185) | .056 (174) | .12 |
| A | -.185* (180) | -.031 (328) | -.040 (212) | -.107 (268) | -.266*** (172) | -.008 (191) | -.085 (189) | -.120* (268) | .021 (259) | .375*** (209) | .128 (184) | .088 (174) | .22 |
| C | -.376*** (180) | -.226*** (326) | -.205** (213) | -.326*** (268) | -.581*** (171) | -.376*** (190) | -.308*** (189) | -.492*** (268) | -.192** (260) | .365*** (209) | .121 (185) | .252** (174) | .32 |
| N | .389*** (180) | .073 (328) | .255*** (212) | .208** (268) | .435*** (172) | .274*** (190) | .224** (189) | .222*** (268) | .199** (260) | -.385*** (210) | -.386*** (185) | -.193* (174) | -.45 |
| O | .013 (180) | .112* (328) | .180** (213) | .054 (268) | -.105 (172) | -.073 (189) | -.034 (189) | .005 (268) | -.092 (260) | .211** (209) | .121 (185) | .109 (174) | .15 |
E = extraversion; A = agreeableness; C = conscientiousness; N = neuroticism; O = openness.
†Partial correlations, controlling for age; N-values in parentheses. S1a–S2d = Study 1a–Study 2d. CES = The Attention-related Cognitive Errors Scale.
*p ≤ .05;
**p ≤ .01;
***p ≤ .0005.
‡Results from Giluk's [34] meta-analysis for mindfulness.