Figure 2.

Study 1: Positive spontaneous thoughts mediate the effect of liking on wanting (N = 103)

Note: As hypothesized, the total effect of positive emotions experienced during an activity (“liking”) on positivity of subsequent spontaneous thoughts about that activity was significant; standard errors are included in parentheses. Likewise, the effect of positivity of spontaneous thoughts about an activity on subsequent wanting to do that activity was also significant. Further, the direct effect of liking on wanting was significant as well. Subsequent bootstrapping analysis with 10,000 draws revealed that the average indirect effect of liking on wanting through spontaneous thoughts was also significant as hypothesized. ** p < .001