Where Is My Mind? The Daydreaming Characteristics Questionnaire, a New Tool to Differentiate Absorptive Daydreaming From Mind-Wandering.

IF 2.2 3区医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY Journal of Attention Disorders Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-24 DOI:10.1177/10870547251319081

Nitzan Theodor-Katz, Nirit Soffer-Dudek

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Objective: Maladaptive daydreaming (MD) is an impairing condition characterized by addiction to narrative, emotional fantasizing, involving dissociative absorption. By compulsively withdrawing toward vivid imaginative scenarios, MD hinders attentional functioning and replaces social interactions. Previous Interview-based research showed clinical importance in differentiating MD from ADHD and the associated construct of mind-wandering. We aimed to create a self-report tool asking directly about the content and structure of distracting thoughts.

Method: Two samples, namely, 346 undergraduate students and 381 adults from the general community, completed a novel measure, the Daydreaming Characteristics Questionnaire (DCQ), along with validated measures for ADHD, mind-wandering, MD, dissociation, and general distress.

Results: Exploratory Factor Analyses on the DCQ, replicated across both samples, yielded two distinct factors (immersive daydreaming and daydream functionality) uniquely associated with MD.

Conclusion: The DCQ represents characteristics of immersive daydreaming much more than general attentional deficiency and is thus useful in differentiating MD from ADHD/mind-wandering distractions.

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我的思想在哪里？白日梦特征问卷——区分吸收性白日梦与走神的新工具。

目的：不适应白日梦症（MD）是一种以沉溺于叙述、情感幻想为特征的损害性疾病，涉及解离吸收。通过强迫性地退回到生动的想象场景，MD阻碍了注意力功能并取代了社会互动。先前基于访谈的研究显示了区分MD与ADHD及其相关的走神概念的临床重要性。我们的目标是创建一个自我报告工具，直接询问分散注意力的想法的内容和结构。方法：两个样本，即346名本科生和381名来自普通社区的成年人，完成了一项新的测量，白日梦特征问卷（DCQ），以及ADHD，走神，MD，分离和一般痛苦的有效测量。结果：对DCQ的探索性因素分析，在两个样本中重复，得出了两个独特的因素（沉浸式白日梦和白日梦功能）与MD独特相关。结论：DCQ比一般的注意力缺陷更能代表沉浸式白日梦的特征，因此有助于区分MD与多动症/走神分心。

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Journal of Attention Disorders PSYCHIATRY-

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7.60

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6.70%

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6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Journal of Attention Disorders (JAD) focuses on basic and applied science concerning attention and related functions in children, adolescents, and adults. JAD publishes articles on diagnosis, comorbidity, neuropsychological functioning, psychopharmacology, and psychosocial issues. The journal also addresses practice, policy, and theory, as well as review articles, commentaries, in-depth analyses, empirical research articles, and case presentations or program evaluations.