A Factor-Analytic Study of Daydreaming and Conceptually-Related Cognitive and Personality Variables
- 1 August 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 17 (1), 187-209
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1963.17.1.187
Abstract
This report summarizes a study of the factorial composition of a series of measures of the structure and content of daydreaming behavior. The relationships of fantasy to measures of divergent thought productivity, attention, curiosity, and personality measures are examined.Keywords
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