The Relative Contribution of Cognitive Agility in Predicting Mind Wandering in University Students

Abstract

The study aimed to detect the level of cognitive agility and the level of mind wandering among King Khalid University students, as well as to find out the relative contribution of cognitive agility in predicting their mind wandering. The research sample consisted of (277) randomly selected female students from King Khalid University with an average age of (21.2) years and a standard deviation of (1.44). A measure of cognitive agility  and mind wandering was applied to them. The results came to there are statistically significant differences at the level of (0.01) between the hypothetical mean of the scale and the average scores of the experimental sample for the total score on the mental wandering scale in favor of the sample scores. And The differences are significant and in favor of the hypothetical mean, meaning that the study sample has cognitive agility at an average level, but it does not rise to the required level. And there is a high predictive ability for digital readiness and cognitive agility to predict academic mind wandering  among university students