Table 6.

Modeling Results for Cognitive Constructs From the Laboratory (Each Tested Individually) as Predictors of Daily-Life Thought Qualities

	Working memory capacity			Attention-restraint failures			Attention-constraint failures			Lab TUT rate
Outcome	b	z	p	b	z	p	b	z	p	b	z	p
Mind-wandering qualities
Zoning out > tuning out	−0.14 [−0.35, 0.08]	−1.23	.219	0.19 [0.01, 0.37]	2.04	.042	0.31 [−0.05, 0.68]	1.69	.092	0.23 [−0.01, 0.46]	1.89	.058
Daydreaming	−0.22 [−0.53, 0.09]	−1.41	.159	0.21 [−0.04, 0.45]	1.63	.103	0.07 [−0.44, 0.57]	0.26	> .250	0.36 [0.09, 0.62]	2.63	.009
Worrying	−0.17 [−0.44, 0.10]	−1.25	.212	0.22 [0.03, 0.41]	2.31	.021	0.44 [0.05, 0.84]	2.21	.027	0.20 [−0.05, 0.44]	1.55	.121
Things to do	−0.22 [−0.44, 0.00]	−1.93	.053	0.13 [−0.05, 0.31]	1.41	.159	0.43 [0.03, 0.84]	2.08	.037	0.17 [−0.08, 0.42]	1.34	.182
Surroundings	0.08 [−0.17, 0.33]	0.61	> .250	0.02 [−0.17, 0.21]	0.20	> .250	−0.11 [−0.56, 0.34]	−0.48	> .250	0.01 [−0.24, 0.25]	0.06	> .250
Other thought qualities
Pleasant thoughts	−0.02 [−0.22, 0.17]	−0.24	> .250	−0.04 [−0.20, 0.11]	−0.52	> .250	0.02 [−0.30, 0.34]	0.14	> .250	−0.11 [−0.31, 0.10]	−0.99	> .250
Strange thoughts	−0.08 [−0.26, 0.09]	−0.92	> .250	0.16 [0.05, 0.26]	2.88	.004	0.17 [−0.03, 0.38]	1.65	.099	0.17 [0.04, 0.31]	2.48	.013
Clear thoughts	−0.03 [−0.26, 0.20]	−0.27	> .250	−0.18 [−0.35, −0.01]	−2.06	.039	−0.20 [−0.56, 0.17]	−1.06	> .250	−0.24 [−0.45, −0.02]	−2.13	.033
Unable to control thoughts	−0.32 [−0.55, −0.09]	−2.68	.007	0.34 [0.18, 0.50]	4.09	< .001	0.47 [0.12, 0.81]	2.65	.008	0.42 [0.17, 0.67]	3.30	.001
No thoughts	−0.29 [−0.50, −0.08]	−2.69	.007	0.21 [0.06, 0.35]	2.73	.006	0.35 [−0.00, 0.71]	1.95	.051	0.26 [0.03, 0.48]	2.24	.025
Racing thoughts	−0.07 [−0.33, 0.19]	−0.55	> .250	0.17 [−0.01, 0.34]	1.90	.058	0.27 [−0.11, 0.65]	1.38	.169	0.42 [0.18, 0.65]	3.42	.001
Suspicious thoughts	−0.07 [−0.25, 0.11]	−0.77	> .250	0.12 [0.00, 0.25]	1.99	.047	0.13 [−0.12, 0.37]	0.99	> .250	0.20 [0.06, 0.35]	2.72	.007
Controlled thoughts	−0.09 [−0.23, 0.06]	−1.14	> .250	0.15 [0.05, 0.24]	2.97	.003	0.18 [−0.00, 0.36]	1.93	.054	0.11 [−0.02, 0.25]	1.68	.093

Note: Values inside brackets are 95% confidence intervals. Significant effects (p < .005) are highlighted in boldface. TUT = task-unrelated thoughts.