Daily mental lapses and the subjective experience of true self-alienation Academic Article

abstract

• 2018 Elsevier Inc. The current research drew upon cross-sectional evidence that feelings of being disconnected from one's true self (true self-alienation) covary with tendencies to become mentally detached from present environmental stimuli (mind wandering). Two longitudinal studies tested the prospective associations between true self-alienation and mind wandering. Study 1 found evidence for a positive association between true self-alienation and mind wandering at the trait level only. Study 2, which employed a more optimal design, revealed reciprocal positive prospective associations between with-in person fluctuations in true self-alienation and mind wandering. Our results provide new evidence for the association between true self-alienation and mind wandering and suggest that basic aspects of conscious experience are prospectively linked to feelings of self-alienation.

authors

• Brooker, Rebecca
• Hicks, Joshua
• Schlegel, Rebecca
• Vess, Matthew

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY

altmetric score

• 0.5
• 0.75

author list (cited authors)

• Vess, M., Brooker, R. J., Schlegel, R. J., & Hicks, J. A.

citation count

• 2
• 3

complete list of authors

• Vess, Matthew||Brooker, Rebecca J||Schlegel, Rebecca J||Hicks, Joshua A

publication date

• February 2019
• January 2019

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Research in Personality  Journal

keywords

• Authenticity
• Mind Wandering
• True Self
• True Self-alienation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.jrp.2018.11.009

start page

• 148

end page

• 152

volume

• 78

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.11.009

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being