“…This questionnaire permitted us not only to assess the temporal orientation of SITUTs (Miles, et al, 2010;Smallwood, Nind, et al, 2009) but also their perceived functions. With regards to this latter aspect of SITUTs, we were particularly interested in contrasting future-oriented functions, which refer to planning, decision making (i.e., behavioral intention; Sheeran, 2002;Webb & Sheeran, 2006) and the re-appraisal of previous situations (i.e., counterfactual thinking; Barbey, Krueger, & Grafman, 2009;Epstude & Roese, 2008;Smallman & Roese, 2009), with other functions that have also been attributed to SITUTs (e.g, maintaining arousal or providing pleasant feelings; for reviews, see Antrobus, et al, 1970;Gold & Cundiff, 1980;Klinger, 1999). We expected that future-oriented SITUTs (either temporally or functionally) would be more frequent than other kinds of SITUTs, showing a "prospective bias" (Smallwood, Nind, et al, 2009).…”