The Creative Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ): A brief self-report measure of fantasy proneness

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 987-995

  Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Horselenberg, Robert ^a   Muris, Peter ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absorption; Dissociation; Fantasy proneness; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035888822     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00201-4     Document Type: Article

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