Examined relationships of nightmare frequency to hypnotic ability, vividness of visual imagery, and the tendency to become absorbed in fantasy-like experiences. Use of Mark's Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire, and Rotenberg and Bowers' Absorption scale showed individuals with frequent nightmares to score higher on hypnotizability,…

Examined fantasy frequency and content in relation to gender and the social attitude of liberalism/conservatism (N=304). Confirmed that males were more liberal and engaged in sexual fantasy more frequently. Subjects engaged in less sexual and bizarre-improbable fantasies as age increased. (JAC)

Examined the relationship among 10 different types of sustaining fantasies, which make individuals feel better during stress, and two measures of poor self-concept (N=124). Confirmed that poor self-concept relates to a pattern of sustaining fantasies similar to that of acute psychiatric inpatients and nonhospitalized individuals with psychological…

Advances the hypothesis that individuals who smoke tend to fantasize more than those who have stopped smoking or never smoked. (Author/RK)

Presents a newly developed projective technique that utilizes criminal fantasy to help predict crime. Statistical significance regarding the difference in number of judged pathological stories for the two groups was reached for all cards that were designed to elicit sexual fantasy. (Author)

Examined the relationship between clarity of imagery and depression reduction. Depressed college females (N=30) were assigned to no treatment, a positive imagery group, or a positive imagery group who elaborated on their daydreams. Analysis found no significant treatment effect, but vividness of imagery correlated significantly with depression…