Balancing spontaneous and controlled thought: mind wandering, mindfulness, playfulness, and creativity in adolescence
Frontiers in Psychology October 12, 2026 David Preiss, Valeska Grau, David Torres Irribarra et al.
This study investigated how daydreaming frequency, the emotional valence of mind wandering, mindfulness, and multiple facets of playfulness predict creativity across verbal, figural, and mathematical domains in a sample of Chilean high school students ( N = 405). Participants completed self-report measures of attentional dispositions and playfulness, along with five creativity assessments...