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      Empathy, Emotion Regulation, and Creativity in Immersive and Maladaptive Daydreaming

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      Imagination, Cognition and Personality
      SAGE Publications

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          Daydreaming is important for creativity and the understanding of our minds and those of others. However, some adults daydream to such an extreme degree that the behavior becomes disruptive; a condition known as maladaptive daydreaming (MD). We propose that highly immersive daydreaming is not always maladaptive, and immersive characteristics of daydreaming may benefit emotional regulation, empathy, and creativity. This study consisted of 542 participants from 56 countries recruited online from MD and other communities. Our results revealed that the maladaptive components of MD predicted higher affective empathy, poorer emotional regulation abilities, and reduced creative output. The immersive components of daydreaming predicted higher empathy for fantasy characters and poorer emotional regulation. These results suggest that the immersive and maladaptive components of MD have distinct behavioral correlates, but that any form of immersive daydreaming is not an effective emotional regulation strategy. Implications for the planning of effective treatment for MD are discussed.

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            Imagination, Cognition and Personality
            Imagination, Cognition and Personality
            SAGE Publications
            0276-2366
            1541-4477
            June 2020
            July 19 2019
            June 2020
            : 39
            : 4
            : 358-373
            Affiliations
            [1 ]School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
            [2 ]University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
            Article
            10.1177/0276236619864277
            23892a2e-b2ac-40dc-bf56-915b7b6ee0a3
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