Harmsen, Eva (2023) The Effect of Mindfulness on Attention Residue and Goal Progress. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
In recent years, the degree of interruptions at work has increased due to a trend of large open workplaces and more use of technology. Interruptions increase attention residue, a phenomenon happening when attention has to be divided between the interrupted and the interrupting task, leading to a high cognitive load and a deterioration in performance. Mindfulness has been shown to have a positive influence on attention sources within cognition, which could be beneficial in reducing the disadvantages of interruptions that may arise in the workplace. This paper investigates whether state mindfulness can influence goal progress via lowering attention residue. Daily diary data were obtained through assessing short daily questionnaires during ten working days, completed by 89 participants working in different work contexts with a minimum of 20 work hours a week. A negative effect of state mindfulness on attention residue was found, as well as a direct, positive effect of state mindfulness on goal progress was found. It could not be shown that this relationship was mediated by attention residue. However, it can be argued that mindfulness leads to an increase in goal progress, the specific underlying cognitive and attentional mechanisms of which are not fully known and therefore, need further investigation.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Keller, A.C. and Ernst, A.F. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2023 11:02 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2023 11:02 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1689 |
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