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Alenizi, M. M., Alenazi, S. D., Almushir, S., Alosaimi, A., Alqarni, A., Anjum, I., & Omair, A. (2020). Impact of Maladaptive Daydreaming on Grade Point Average (GPA) and the Association Between Maladaptive Daydreaming and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).

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Dujic, Gorana & Anticevic, Vesna & Mišetić, Irena. (2020). Contribution of Maladaptive Daydreaming to the Level of Psychological Distress and Coping Strategies.

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Vally, Z., Moussa, D., Khalil, E., Al Fahel, A., Al Azry, N., & Jafar, N. (2021). Celebrity worship in the United Arab Emirates: An examination of its association with problematic internet use, maladaptive daydreaming, and desire for fame.

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  • 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.

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Schimmenti, A., Somer, E., & Regis, M. (2019). Maladaptive daydreaming: Towards a nosological definition.

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

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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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Diagnostic tool, italian, Scale

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

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  • self

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

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

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  • dissociation

Pietkiewicz, I. J., Nęcki, S., Bańbura, A., & Tomalski, R. (2018). Maladaptive daydreaming as a new form of behavioral addiction.

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  • addictive behavior, bullying, social isolation