Maladaptive daydreaming: Evidence for an under-researched mental health disorder
Maladaptive daydreaming: Evidence for an under-researched mental health disorder
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DOI：
10.1016/j.concog.2016.03.017
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发表时间：
2016-05-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Somer, Eli
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作者：
Bigelsen, Jayne;Lehrfeld, Jonathan M.;Somer, Eli
本研究探讨了最近描述的适应不良白日做梦（MD）现象，并试图提高其特征的理解。它记录了340名自认为适应不良的白日梦者的经历，他们花了大量的时间从事精神幻想世界，与107名对照组相比。我们的样本包括来自45个国家的447名年龄在13-78岁之间的人，他们对在线公告做出了回应。参与者回答了关于他们白日梦习惯的定量和定性问题，并完成了七份评估心理健康症状的问卷。研究结果表明，MD与正常的白日梦在数量，内容，经验，可控性，痛苦和干扰生活功能方面有显着不同。结果还表明，适应不良的白日做梦者赞同显着更高的比率，注意力缺陷，强迫症和分离症状比对照组。总之，研究结果表明，MD代表了一种未被承认的临床现象，它会导致痛苦，阻碍生命功能，需要更多的科学和临床关注。(c)2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
This study explores the recently described phenomenon of Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD) and attempts to enhance the understanding of its features. It documents the experiences of 340 self-identified maladaptive daydreamers who spend excessive amounts of time engaged in mental fantasy worlds, in comparison to 107 controls. Our sample included a total of 447 individuals, aged 13-78, from 45 countries who responded to online announcements. Participants answered quantitative and qualitative questions about their daydreaming habits and completed seven questionnaires assessing mental health symptoms. Findings demonstrated that MD differs significantly from normative daydreaming in terms of quantity, content, experience, controllability, distress, and interference with life functioning. Results also demonstrated that Maladaptive Daydreamers endorsed significantly higher rates of attention deficit, obsessive compulsive and dissociation symptoms than controls. In sum, findings suggested that MD represents an under-acknowledged clinical phenomenon that causes distress, hinders life functioning and requires more scientific and clinical attention. (c) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.