Fantasy Proneness and Coping
(2005)Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- This study probed a possible relationship between fantasy proneness and several ways of coping; task oriented, emotion oriented and avoidance oriented, and their connection with mental and physical health. The participants consisted mainly of university students (N = 51) and were given three scales; the Creative Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ; Merckelbach, Horselenberg, & Muris, 2001), the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS; Endler & Parker, 1999) and a short version of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI; Ruipérez, Ibáñez, Lorente, Moro, & Ortet, 2001). Fantasy proneness did not show any correlation with coping, but it did correlate positively with somatization and hostility/aggressivity on the BSI. Emotion oriented coping... (More)
- This study probed a possible relationship between fantasy proneness and several ways of coping; task oriented, emotion oriented and avoidance oriented, and their connection with mental and physical health. The participants consisted mainly of university students (N = 51) and were given three scales; the Creative Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ; Merckelbach, Horselenberg, & Muris, 2001), the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS; Endler & Parker, 1999) and a short version of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI; Ruipérez, Ibáñez, Lorente, Moro, & Ortet, 2001). Fantasy proneness did not show any correlation with coping, but it did correlate positively with somatization and hostility/aggressivity on the BSI. Emotion oriented coping correlated positively with maladaptive factors on the BSI, and negatively with age. (Less)
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- author
- Persson, Jakob and Vanek, Fredrik
- supervisor
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- Etzel Cardeña LU
- Margit Wångby LU
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Fantasy, Proneness, Coping, CEQ, CISS, BSI, Psychology, Psykologi
- language
- English
- id
- 1324852
- date added to LUP
- 2007-09-10 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2015-12-08 10:33:30
@misc{1324852,
abstract = {{This study probed a possible relationship between fantasy proneness and several ways of coping; task oriented, emotion oriented and avoidance oriented, and their connection with mental and physical health. The participants consisted mainly of university students (N = 51) and were given three scales; the Creative Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ; Merckelbach, Horselenberg, & Muris, 2001), the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS; Endler & Parker, 1999) and a short version of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI; Ruipérez, Ibáñez, Lorente, Moro, & Ortet, 2001). Fantasy proneness did not show any correlation with coping, but it did correlate positively with somatization and hostility/aggressivity on the BSI. Emotion oriented coping correlated positively with maladaptive factors on the BSI, and negatively with age.}},
author = {{Persson, Jakob and Vanek, Fredrik}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Fantasy Proneness and Coping}},
year = {{2005}},
}