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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Conscious Cogn. 2017 Mar 31;51:149–156. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2017.03.007

Table 3.

Comparisons of Content Ratings Across Reports of Intentional and Unintentional Mind Wandering Using Imputed Data for Empty Cells (N = 146, df = 145)

Mind-Wandering Type M SD t p
Content
Future Orientation Intentional 53.45 22.59 4.137 <.001*
Unintentional 43.83 22.20
Past Orientation Intentional 35.16 20.17 −.596 .552
Unintentional 36.28 21.27
Self-Referential Intentional 60.65 20.95 2.213 .028
Unintentional 55.93 21.80
Other-Referential Intentional 49.36 23.23 0.305 .761
Unintentional 48.76 21.63
Valence Intentional 59.72 17.67 1.423 .157
Unintentional 57.73 17.26
Images Intentional 49.88 20.76 −0.308 .758
Unintentional 50.50 21.94
Words Intentional 53.37 24.58 2.738 .007
Unintentional 47.67 24.17
Intrusiveness Intentional 44.43 19.88 1.003 .317
Unintentional 42.77 20.83
Vagueness Intentional 37.41 18.91 −5.194 <.001*
Unintentional 47.47 21.51

Note.

*

p < .006, 2-tailed; For detailed explanations of each content item, see Table 1.