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Empathy, emotion regulation, and creativity in immersive and maladaptive daydreaming.

Impact of Maladaptive Daydreaming on Grade Point Average (GPA) and the Association Between Maladaptive Daydreaming and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).

Alenizi, M. M., Alenazi, S. D., Almushir, S., Alosaimi, A., Alqarni, A., Anjum, I., & Omair, A.

Contribution of Maladaptive Daydreaming to the Level of Psychological Distress and Coping Strategies.

Dujic, Gorana & Anticevic, Vesna & Mišetić, Irena.
  • 2020
  • Peer Reviewed Publications

Celebrity worship in the United Arab Emirates: An examination of its association with problematic internet use, maladaptive daydreaming, and desire for fame

Marcusson-Clavertz, D., West, M., Kjell, O. N. E., & SomerI, E. (2019). A daily diary study on maladaptive daydreaming, mind wandering, and sleep disturbances: Examining within-person and between-persons relations.

  • Peer Reviewed Publications

Maladaptive daydreaming: Towards a nosological definition.

Schimmenti, A., Somer, E., & Regis, M.

Ross, C. A., West, M., & Somer, E. (2020). Self-Reported Medication and Recreational Drug Effectiveness in Maladaptive Daydreaming.

  • Peer Reviewed Publications

Wang, Q., Dong, X., & Li, X. (2019). rTMS as an add-on treatment for maladaptive daydreaming over 10 years in patients with schizophrenia: A case report.

  • Peer Reviewed Publications
  • Case

Abu-Rayya, H. M., Somer, E., & Meari-Amir, S. (2019). The psychometric properties of the Arabic 16-item Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-16-AR) in a multicountry Arab sample.

  • Peer Reviewed Publications
  • arabic, Diagnostic tool, Scale

Abu-Rayya, H. M., Somer, E., & Knane, H. (2020). Maladaptive Daydreaming Is Associated With Intensified Psychosocial Problems Experienced by Female Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse.

  • Peer Reviewed Publications
  • Childhood, sexual abuse, Trauma

Somer, E., Abu-Raya, H. M., & Nsairy Simaan, Z. (2019). Maladaptive daydreaming among recovering substance use disorder patients: Prevalence and mediation of the relationship between childhood trauma and dissociation.

  • Peer Reviewed Publications
  • Childhood, substance use disorder, Trauma

Zsila, Á., Urbán, R., McCutcheon, L. E., & Demetrovics, Z. (2019). A path analytic review of the association between psychiatric symptoms and celebrity worship: The mediating role of maladaptive daydreaming and desire for fame.

  • Peer Reviewed Publications
  • desire for fame, Psychopathology

Schimmenti, A., Sideli, L., La Marca, L., Gori, A., & Terrone, G. (2020). Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-16) in an Italian Sample.

  • Peer Reviewed Publications
  • Diagnostic tool, italian, Scale

Somer, E., Somer, L., & Halpern, N. (2019). Representations of maladaptive daydreaming and the self: A qualitative analysis of drawings.

  • Peer Reviewed Publications
  • self

Somer, Eli. (2019). On Dissociative Identity Disorder and Maladaptive Daydreaming. Frontiers in the Psychotherapy of Trauma and Dissociation.

  • Peer Reviewed Publications

Ross, Colin. (2019). Maladaptive Daydreaming and Dissociation: Both a Continuum and a Taxon.

  • Peer Reviewed Publications
  • dissociation