Bigelsen Jayne, Lehrfeld Jonathan M, Jopp Daniela S, Somer Eli
New York, USA.
Fordham University, New York, NY, USA.
Conscious Cogn. 2016 May;42:254-266. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2016.03.017. Epub 2016 Apr 12.
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.
本研究探讨了最近描述的适应不良性白日梦（MD）现象，并试图增进对其特征的理解。与107名对照者相比，它记录了340名自我认定的适应不良性白日梦者的经历，这些人花费大量时间沉浸在心理幻想世界中。我们的样本共有447名年龄在13至78岁之间、来自45个国家的个体，他们回应了在线公告。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在数量、内容、体验、可控性、痛苦程度以及对生活功能的干扰方面与正常白日梦有显著差异。结果还表明，适应不良性白日梦者在注意力缺陷、强迫观念及强迫行为和分离症状方面的认同率明显高于对照组。总之，研究结果表明MD是一种未得到充分认识的临床现象，它会导致痛苦、阻碍生活功能，并需要更多的科学和临床关注。
