TY - JOUR
T1 - Childhood Trauma, Social Anxiety, Absorption and Fantasy Dependence
T2 - Two Potential Mediated Pathways to Maladaptive Daydreaming
AU - E, Somer
AU - O, Herscu
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The concept of maladaptive daydreaming (MD) was first introduced in a study on six patients with severe impairment of daily functioning who preferred to avoid hardships associated with abusive childhoods by developing inner worlds of fantasy. The current study aims to shed further light on potential developmental pathways to MD, defined as a pathological form of fantasy that can cause distress and “replaces human interaction and/or interferes with academic, interpersonal or vocational functioning”.
AB - The concept of maladaptive daydreaming (MD) was first introduced in a study on six patients with severe impairment of daily functioning who preferred to avoid hardships associated with abusive childhoods by developing inner worlds of fantasy. The current study aims to shed further light on potential developmental pathways to MD, defined as a pathological form of fantasy that can cause distress and “replaces human interaction and/or interferes with academic, interpersonal or vocational functioning”.
U2 - 10.4172/2324-9005.1000170
DO - 10.4172/2324-9005.1000170
M3 - Article
SN - 2324-9005
VL - 6
JO - Journal of Addictive Behaviors,Therapy & Rehabilitation
JF - Journal of Addictive Behaviors,Therapy & Rehabilitation
IS - 4
ER -