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Graduate student at The New School looking for Interviewees Awareness comes in many forms, every highschool paper, every graduate research project, is an opportunity for a classroom of young minds to hear this term for the first time. If you'd like to help students out with projects, papers and theses they are listed on under the Participate tab. Here's our most recent addition: My name is Hannah and I’m a graduate student at The New School. I’m currently working on an oral history project centered around Maladaptive Daydreaming, and I was wondering if anyone here would be willing to do a Zoom interview with me? I would really, really appreciate it. I’m especially interested in talking to people who have paracosms/imaginary worlds, but I welcome all perspectives. If you’re intere...

New Study Published A new study from the University of Debrecen, Hungary, looks at childhood trauma in a sample of over 700 people. Here's the abstract: The aim of the study was to identify some potential etiological segments of maladaptive daydreaming, especially the relationships between maladaptive daydreaming, childhood traumatization, and dissociative propensity. The questionnaire package included the Hungarian version of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale, the Traumatic Antecedents Questionnaire, as well as the Dissociation Questionnaire. 717 participants were recruited online, 106 of whom were problematic daydreamers. The results revealed that certain types of childhood trauma occurred significantly more frequently in the group of maladaptive daydreamers. Furthermore, maladap...

Personality traits and maladaptive daydreaming: Fantasy functions and themes in a multi-country sample A new study on Maladaptive Daydreaming has been published, co-authored by Reut Brenner, Eli Somer and Hisham M Abu-Rayya. From the Abstract: In this study, we analyzed the responses of 539 adults who met an evidence-based criterion of probable maladaptive daydreaming (MD) and met the description of at least one of the following personality facets: grandiosity, separation insecurity, and anhedonia. Respondents reporting grandiosity tended to use their fantasies as a means for wish-fulfillment for power and dominance, while respondents characterized by separation insecurity fantasized more about relationships with others. Their fantasies often featured an idealized relationship...

The Mediating Role of Maladaptive Daydreaming in the Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Problematic Social Media Use Italian researchers have published a new paper on Maladaptive Daydreaming, attachment styles and Problematic social Media Use.Abstract: ...Eight hundred seventy-seven participants between 18 and 68 years old were recruited via an online survey and asked to fill out self-reported measures on attachment styles, maladaptive daydreaming, and PSMU. Mediation analyses showed that maladaptive daydreaming is a significant mediator in the relationships between preoccupied and fearful attachment styles and PSMU, suggesting that maladaptive daydreaming partly explains the established link between insecure attachment styles and excessive use of social media. Individuals w...

Are adverse childhood experiences related to psychological disorders? You are invited to participate in a research study about childhood adversity and psychological well-being. You may participate whether or not you have experienced adverse events during childhood. More specifically, this study investigates how traumatic and/or adverse events before the age of 18 are related to later psychological experiences in adulthood. This study is completed entirely online. You will answer some questions about your background, and fill out questionnaires about childhood experiences and your current thoughts, feelings, and experiences. This study will last approximately 30-40 minutes and you will have the option to participate in a lottery to win one of two $50 USD Amazon gift cards at the end of ...

New research paper published! Hungarian members of ICMDR Alexandra Sándor and Judith Molnar coauthored a study on attachment characteristics and emotion regulation among MDers. Maladaptive daydreaming is an excessive form of daydreaming which causes significant distress and functional impairment to the affected individuals. Research on maladaptive daydreaming has intensified in recent years, but its pathogenesis has not yet been clearly elucidated. The aim of the study was to examine the attachment characteristics and the difficulties in emotion regulation among maladaptive and normal daydreamers. 717 individuals were recruited online, 106 of whom were screened as maladaptive daydreamers. The results of the Attachment Style Questionnaire revealed a specific attachment style among ma...

SENSE OF AGENCY IN UNUSUAL FORMS OF NOCTURNAL DREAMING AND DAYDREAMING Ben-Gurion University of the Negev invites you to join a study looking at Lucid Dreaming and Maladaptive Daydreaming. They are looking for participants 18 years or older. Study is in English. You will need a PC; you will be asked to perform some simple tasks on your computer and answer some questionnaires. It should take around 45 minutes to complete. You may withdraw, no questions asked, at any time by simply closing the browser. This study is being conducted by the Consciousness and Psychopathology Laboratory of the Department of Psychology in Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. You can send questions or comments to:Dr. Nirit Soffer Dudek -soffern@bgu.ac.il, head scientific advisor for the research.No...

Recherche rêverie compulsive Bonjour ! Je m'appelle Marina, je suis étudiante en Master 2 de psychologie et je conduis actuellement une recherche sur La relation entre la rêverie compulsive, les émotions et la présences d'évènements de vie négatifs. J'aurais besoin de participant.e.s qui ont au moins 18 ans et qui seraient d'accord pour passer questionnaire en 2 parties dont une en visio conférence (zoom). Je tiens à préciser que la partie en visio conférence est un questionnaire sur la présence d'évènements traumatiques donc soyez avertis pour cela. Toutes les données sont anonymes et vous avez la possibilité de vous retirez à tout moment. Si vous êtes intéressé.e. vous pouvez m'envoyer un message privé, vous pouvez également partager l'annonce. Passez une excellente journéecontact: u...