Fantasy-proneness dimensionalized: Dissociative component is related to psychopathology, daydreaming as such is not

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 506-510

  Klinger, Eric ^a   Henning, Vincent R ^b   Janssen, Jonathan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Human Services of Faribault and Martin Counties   (United States)

^c NorthEast Residence   (United States)

Author keywords

Daydreaming; Dissociation; Fantasy proneness; ICMI; Imaginal Processes; Inventory of Childhood Memories and Imaginings; Magical ideation; Perceptual aberration; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949164764     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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