Purpose

This study sought to distinguish characteristics of cognitive processes while using information technology. In particular, it identifies similarities and differences between mind wandering and cognitive absorption in technology-related settings in an effort to develop a deeper understanding of the role that mind wandering plays when using information technology.

Design/methodology/approach

Data was gathered using an online survey including responses from 619 English-speaking adults in 2019. We applied a confirmatory factor analysis and used a robust variant of maximum likelihood estimator with robust standard errors and a Satorra–Bentler scaled test statistic. The data analysis procedure was conducted with the R environment using the psych package for descriptive analysis, and lavaan to investigate the factorial structure and the underlying correlations.

Findings

We discuss the benefits of carefully differentiating between cognitive processes in Information Systems research and depict avenues how future research can address current shortcomings with a careful investigation of neurophysiological antecedents.

Originality/value

To date, mind wandering has been explored as a single phenomenon, though research in reference disciplines has begun to distinguish varieties and how they distinctly impact behavior. We demonstrate that this distinction is also important for our discipline by showing how two specific types of mind wandering (i.e. deliberate and spontaneous mind wandering) are differently correlated with sub-dimensions of cognitive absorption, a well-studied construct.

中文翻译：

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心灵的流浪类型重要吗？扩展了关于思维游荡在IT使用体验中的作用的询问

目的

这项研究试图区分使用信息技术时认知过程的特征。尤其是，它可以识别与技术相关的环境中的心理游荡与认知吸收之间的异同，以加深对使用信息技术时心理游荡所起的作用的了解。

设计/方法/方法

数据通过在线调查收集，其中包括2019年619名说英语的成年人的回答。我们进行了验证性因子分析，并使用了最大似然估计值的可靠变体和可靠的标准误以及Satorra-Bentler规模化的测试统计量。数据分析过程是在R环境中使用心理软件包进行描述性分析的，而拉瓦然语用于研究因子结构及其潜在的相关性。

发现

我们讨论了在信息系统研究中仔细区分认知过程的好处，并描述了未来的研究如何通过对神经生理学前因进行仔细研究来解决当前缺点的途径。

创意/价值

迄今为止，尽管参考学科的研究已开始区分品种及其对行为的显着影响，但精神徘徊已被视为一种现象。我们通过展示两种特定类型的思维游荡（即故意和自发性思维游荡）与认知吸收的子维度（一种经过充分研究的构造）如何不同地关联，证明了这种区分对我们的学科也很重要。