Table 1.
Items on the Experience-Sampling Questionnaire
| 1. At the time of the beep, my mind had wandered to something other than what I was doing |
| [Items 2 through 6 were presented if the subject was mind wandering.] |
| 2. My mind wandering was: tuning out (aware) | zoning out (unaware) [zoning out > tuning out] |
| 3. My mind wandered to daydreaming or fantasizing [daydreaming] |
| 4. My mind wandered to worries or problems [worrying] |
| 5. My mind wandered to stuff I need to/plan to do [things to do] |
| 6. My mind wandered to things I see/hear around me [surroundings] |
| 7. At the beep, I was trying to concentrate on what I was doing [concentration] |
| 8. Right now my thoughts are pleasant [pleasant thoughts] |
| 9. Right now my thoughts are strange or unusual [strange thoughts] |
| 10. Right now my thoughts are clear [clear thoughts] |
| 11. Right now I can hardly control my thoughts [unable to control thoughts] |
| 12. Right now I have no thoughts or emotions [no thoughts] |
| 13. Right now my thoughts are racing [racing thoughts] |
| 14. Right now my thoughts are suspicious [suspicious thoughts] |
| 15. Right now I feel someone or something is controlling my thoughts or actions [controlled thoughts] |
| 16. I feel happy right now [happy] |
| 17. I feel confused right now [confused] |
| 18. I feel irritable right now [irritable] |
| 19. I feel safe right now [safe] |
| 20. I feel anxious right now [anxious] |
| 21. I feel tired right now [tired] |
| 22. I feel sad right now [sad] |
| 23. Right now my sight or hearing seems strange or unusual [strange perception] |
| 24. I like what I’m doing right now [preferred activity] |
| 25. What I’m doing right now takes a lot of effort [effortful activity] |
| 26. What I’m doing right now is boring [boring activity] |
| 27. I am successful at this activity right now [successful activity] |
| 28. I am alone right now [not alone] |
| [Items 29 and 30 were presented if the subject was alone.] |
| 29. I am alone right now because people do not want to be with me |
| 30. Right now I would prefer to be with people |
| [Items 31 through 33 were presented if the subject was with other people.] |
| 31. I feel close to this person (these people) |
| 32. I can express myself clearly right now to this person (these people) |
| 33. Right now I prefer to be alone |
| 34. My current situation is stressful [stressful situation] |
| 35. My current situation is positive [positive situation] |
Note: Items 1 and 28 required a “yes” (coded as 1) or “no” (coded as 2) response; for Item 2, subjects selected either “tuning out,” scored as 1, or “zoning out,” scored as 2. All other items were answered on a scale from 1 to 7 (1 = not at all, 4 = moderately, 7 = very much). As indicated in the table, Items 2 through 6 were skipped if the response to Item 1 was “no,” and which of Items 29 through 33 were presented depended on the response to Item 28. Each item is followed, in brackets, by the label used to refer to it in the subsequent tables. Responses to Items 29 through 33 were not analyzed for the current study.