Daydreaming and grandiose delusions: development of the Qualities of Daydreaming Scale
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DOI: 10.1017/s1352465824000018
Abstract: Abstract Background: Daydreaming may contribute to the maintenance of grandiose delusions. Repeated, pleasant and vivid daydreams about the content of grandiose delusions may keep the ideas in mind, elaborate the details, and increase the degree… read more here.
Keywords: delusion; qualities daydreaming; clinical group; daydreaming scale ... See more keywords
Different cultures, similar daydream addiction? An examination of the cross-cultural measurement equivalence of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale.
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DOI: 10.1556/2006.2020.00080
Abstract: Background and aims Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD) is a proposed mental disorder, in which absorption in rich, narrative fantasy becomes addictive and compulsive, resulting in emotional, social, vocational, or academic dysfunction. Most studies on MD were… read more here.
Keywords: invariance; cross cultural; cultural measurement; maladaptive daydreaming ... See more keywords