Compulsive fantasy: Proposed evidence of an under-reported syndrome through a systematic study of 90 self-identified non-normative fantasizers

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1634-1648

  Bigelsen, Jayne ^a   Schupak, Cynthia ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fantasizing; Fantasy; Kinesthetic activity; Maladaptive daydreaming

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILDHOOD; COMPULSION; COMPULSIVE FANTASY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPNOSIS; KINESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054863722     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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