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Where Is My Mind? The Daydreaming Characteristics Questionnaire, a New Tool to Differentiate Absorptive Daydreaming from Mind-Wandering
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Nitzan Theodor-Katz; Nirit Soffer-Dudek – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2025
Objective: Maladaptive daydreaming (MD) is an impairing condition characterized by addiction to narrative, emotional fantasizing, involving dissociative absorption. By compulsively withdrawing toward vivid imaginative scenarios, MD hinders attentional functioning and replaces social interactions. Previous Interview-based research showed clinical…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Imagination, Fantasy, Undergraduate Students