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Maladaptive Daydreaming

Prof. Somer's scientific activity is conducted in conjunction with the

(The International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research (ICMD

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Metin, B., Somer, E., Abu-Rayya, H.M., Schimmenti, A., & Göçmen, B. (2021). Perceived Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic Mediates the Association Between Self-quarantine Factors and Psychological Characteristics and Elevated Maladaptive Daydreaming. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00678-w

Somer, E., Cardeña, E., Catelan, R.F. Sofer-Dudek., N. (2021). Reality shifting: psychological features of an emergent online daydreaming culture. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02439-3. Click here for the PDF.

Brenner, R., Somer, E., & Abu-Rayya, H.M. (2021). Personality traits and maladaptive daydreaming: Fantasy functions and themes in a multi-country sample. Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 184, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111194.

Musetti, A., Franceschini, C., Pingani, L., Freda, M.F., Saita, EW., Vegni, E., Zenesini, C., Quattropani, M.C., Lenzo, V., Margherita, G., Lemmo, D., Corsano, P., Borghi, L., Cattivelli, R., Plazzi, G., Castelnuovo, G., Somer, E., Schimmenti A. (2021). Maladaptive daydreaming in an adult Italian population during the COVID-19 lockdown. Frontiers in Psychology 12, Article 631979. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.631979

Somer, E., Abu-Rayya, H.M., & Brenner, R. (2021): Childhood Trauma and Maladaptive Daydreaming: Fantasy Functions and Themes In A Multi-Country Sample, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 22 (3), 288-303, DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2020.1809599

Vázquez-Rivera, S., de la Vega-Rodríguez, I., García-Villamor, M., Díaz-Marsá, M., & Carrasco-Perera, J. L. (2020). Trastorno dr Ensoñación Excesiva: Cracterísticas Clínicas y Neuropsycológicas del PrimerCaso Descrito en España .Revista De Casos Clínicos En Salud Mental, 8(1). Recuperado a partir de http://www.casosclinicosensaludmental.es/ojs/index.php/RCCSM/article/view/48

Jan Gysi (2020). Maladaptives Tagträumen. In Diagnostik von Traumafolgestörungen: Multiaxiales Trauma-Dissoziations-Modell nach ICD-11. Bern, Switzerland: Hogrefe, p.271.

Soffer-Dudek, N., Somer, E., Abu-Rayya, H. M., Metin, B., & Schimmenti, A. (2020). Different cultures, similar daydream addiction? An examination of the cross-cultural measurement equivalence of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale, Journal of Behavioral Addictions JBA. Retrieved Nov 7, 2020, from https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2006/aop/article-10.1556-2006.2020.00080/article-10.1556-2006.2020.00080.xml

Somer, E., Abu-Rayya, H.M., Schimmenti, A., Metin, B., Brenner, R. Ferrante, E., Gocmen, B., and Marino, A. (In press). Intensified maladaptive daydreaming is associated with COVID-19 social distancing, pre-existing psychiatric diagnoses, and worsening of psychological dysfunction indices in a large multi-country sample. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 587455. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.587455

Alenizi, M.M., Alenazi, S.D., Almushir, S., et al. (October 03, 2020) Impact of Maladaptive Daydreaming on Grade Point Average (GPA) and the Association Between Maladaptive Daydreaming and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Cureus 12(10): e10776. doi:10.7759/cureus.10776

Ferrante, E., Marino, A., Guglielmucci, F., & Schimmenti, A. (2020, August 13). The Mediating Role of Dissociation and Shame in the Relationship Between Emotional Trauma and Maladaptive Daydreaming. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cns0000253

Sándor, A., Münnich, Á., & Molnár, J. (2020). Psychometric properties of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale in a sample of Hungarian daydreaming-prone individuals, Journal of Behavioral Addictions JBA .Retrieved Oct 7, 2020, from https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2006/aop/article-10.1556-2006.2020.00050/article-10.1556-2006.2020.00050.xml

Ross, C.A., Ridgway, J., & George, N. (2020). Maladaptive Daydreaming, Dissociation, and the Dissociative Disorders. Psychiatric Research & Clinical Practice. Published Online:5 Oct 2020. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.prcp.20190050

West, M., Somer, E., & Eigsti, I. M. (June 2020) The association between autism traits and maladaptive daydreaming. Poster presented at the International Society for Autism Research 2020 Virtual Meeting

W est, M. & Somer, E. (2020). Empathy, emotion regulation, and creativity in immersive daydreaming. Imagination, Cognition and Personality , 39(4), 358–373.https://doi.org/10.1177/0276236619864277

Marcusson-Clavertz, D., West, M., Kjell, Somer, E. (2019) A daily diary study on maladaptive daydreaming, mind wandering, and sleep disturbances: Examining within-person and between-persons relations. PLoS ONE 14(11): e0225529. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225529

Schimmenti, A., Somer, E. & Regis, M. (2019). Maladaptive daydreaming: Towards a nosological definition. Annales Me ́dico-Psychologiques 177 (2019) 865–874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amp.2019.08.014

Ross, A.C., West, M., & Somer, E. (2019). Self-reported medication and recreational drug effectiveness in maladaptive daydreaming. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 208(1), 77-80. doi:10.1097/NMD.0000000000001091

Greene, T., West, M. & Somer, E. (2020). Maladaptive daydreaming and emotional regulation difficulties: A Network Analysis. Psychiatric Research. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112799

Greene, West & Somer (2020). Supplementary materials

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. Violence Against Women, 26(8), 825-837. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801219845532

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.Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 6(2), 171-183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cns0000183

Somer, E., Abu-Rayya, H.M. & Nsairy Samaan, Z. (2019). Maladaptive daydreaming among recovering substance use disorder patients: its prevalence and mediation of the relationship between childhood trauma and dissociation. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.International Journal of Mental Health and Addictions, 17(2), 206-216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-018-0011-9

Somer, E., Somer, L. & Halpern, N. (2019). Representations of maladaptive daydreaming and the self: A qualitative analysis of drawings. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 63, 102–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2018.12.004

Somer, E. (2019). On dissociative identity disorder and maladaptive daydreaming. Frontiers in the Psychotherapy of Trauma and Dissociation. Frontiers in the Psychotherapy of Trauma and Dissociation, 3(1):14–18. https://doi.org/10.XXXX/ftpd.2019.0020

Jopp, D. S., Dupuis, M., Somer, E., Hagani, N., & Herscu, O. (2018). Validation of the Hebrew Version of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-H): Evidence for a Generalizable Measure of Pathological Daydreaming. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 6(3), 242-261. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cns0000162

Bershtling, O., & Somer, E. (2018). The micro-politics of a new mental condition: Legitimization in maladaptive daydreamers’ discourse. The Qualitative Report, 23(8), 1983-2002.’ discourse. The Qualitative Report, 23(8), 1983-2002. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2018.3466. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol23/iss8/14

Sándor, A., Molnár, J. Maladaptive Daydreaming. In: Kuritárné, Sz. I., Molnár, J., Nagy, A. (Eds), Trauma-related dissociation: Theory and Practice. Budapest: Oriold és Társai, 285-302 (In Hungarian).

Sándor, A., Molnár, J. (2018). Maladaptív álmodozás. In: Kuritárné, Sz. I., Molnár, J., Nagy, A. (Eds). Trauma-eredetű disszociáció. Budapest: Oriold és Társai, 285-302.

Soffer-Dudek, N. & Somer, E. (2018) Trapped in a Daydream: Daily Elevations in Maladaptive Daydreaming Are Associated With Daily Psychopathological Symptoms. Frontiers in Psychiatry 9(194). doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00194

Breshtling, O. & Somer, E. (2018, September). The micro-politics of a new mental condition:
Legitimization in the discourse of individuals with 'maladaptive daydreaming. aper presented at Qualitative Research in Mental Health, Berlin, Germany.

Somer, E. (2018). Maladaptive daydreaming: Ontological analysis, treatment rationale and a pilot case report Frontiers in the Psychotherapy of Trauma and Dissociation, 1(2), 1-22.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.XXXX/ftpd.2017.0006

Somer, E. (2017, November) Pathological daydreaming: New evidence for a dissociative absorption disorder. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation. Bern, Switzerland.

Somer, E. & Herscu, O. (2017). Childhood trauma, social anxiety, absorption, and fantasy dependence: Two potential mediated pathways to maladaptive daydreaming. Journal of Addictive Behaviors, Therapy & Rehabilitation, 6(3) (Open Access) DOI: https://doi.org/10.4172/2324-9005.1000170

Somer, E., Soffer-Dudek, N., & Ross, C. A. (2017). The comorbidity of daydreaming disorder (Maladaptive Daydreaming). Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 205(7), 525-530. doi: 10.1097/NMD.00000000000006 85 85

Somer, E., Soffer-Dudek, N., Ross, C. A., & Halpern, N. (2017). Maladaptive daydreaming: Proposed diagnostic criteria and their assessment with a structured clinical interview. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 4(2), 176-189

Somer, E. Somer, L. & Jopp, S.D. (2016). Childhood Antecedents and Maintaining Factors in Maladaptive Daydreaming. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 204(6), 471-478. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000507

Somer, E. Somer, L. & Jopp, S.D. (2016). Parallel Lives: A Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experience of Maladaptive Daydreaming. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 17(5), 561-576, doi: 10.1080/15299732.2016.1160463

Somer, E., Lehrfeld J., Jopp, D.S., & Bigelsen, J. (2016). Development and Validation of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS). Consciousness and Cognition, 39, 77-91

Bigelsen, J., Lehrfeld, J.M., Jopp, D.S. & Somer, E. (2016). Maladaptive daydreaming: Evidence for an under-researched mental health disorder. Consciousness and Cognition, 42, 254-266

הרשקו, אורן (2015). חולמים עצמם לדעת: הקשר בין חלימה בהקיץ חריגה, טראומה בילדות, שקיעה בדימיון, חרדה חברתית והתמכרות לחלימה בהקיץ בקרב מדגם סטודנטים לא קליני. עבודת גמר מחקרית לקבלת תואר מוסמך שהוגשה לפקולטה למדעי הרווחה והבריאת, אוניברסיטת חיפה

Uslu, H. (2015). Understanding the relationship between media use and maladaptive daydreaming. A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

Herscu, O. (2015). When Life Becomes a Dream: The Relationship between Maladaptive Daydreaming, Childhood Trauma, Absorption, Social Anxiety, and Addiction to Daydreaming in a non-clinical student sample. A thesis submitted to the University of Haifa Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies (In Hebrew) - English abstract

Somer, E. (2013). From adaptive fantasy to dissociative psychopathology: On forms of daydreaming. A commentary on Young, W.C. (1988). Observations on Fantasy in the Formation of Multiple Personality Disorder Dissociation. Dissociation, 1(3) 13-20. ISSTDNews, Members Clinical Corner, June 2013

Bigelsen, J., & Schupak, C. (2011). Compulsive fantasy: Proposed evidence of an under-reported syndrome through a systematic study of 90 self-identified non-normative fantasizers. Consciousness and Cognition: An International Journal, 20, 1634-1648

S chupak, C. & Rosenthal, J. (2009). Excessive daydreaming: A case history and discussion of mind wandering and high fantasy proneness. Consciousness and Cognition: An International Journal, 18, 290-292.

Somer, E. (2002). Maladaptive daydreaming: A qualitative inquiry. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy 32(2), 195-210

Measurement

(16-The 16-item Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS

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