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Fantasy-prone personality (FPP) is a disposition or personality trait in which a person experiences a lifelong, extensive, and deep involvement in fantasy. [1] This disposition is an attempt, at least in part, to better describe "overactive imagination " or "living in a dream world ". [ 2 ]
Absorption is a disposition or personality trait in which a person becomes absorbed in their mental imagery, particularly fantasy. [1] This trait thus correlates highly with a fantasy prone personality. The original research on absorption was by Dutch American psychologist Auke Tellegen. [2]
Persons with a fantasy-prone personality spend a significant portion of their lives involved in fantasy and may confuse or mix their fantasies with their real life. [11] Though they are otherwise healthy, normally functioning adults, they simultaneously experience complex fantasy lives. [12]
The character is also related to that of having a fantasy-prone personality. [20] The story has been adapted twice into film, in 1947 by Norman Z. McLeod [21] and again in 2013 by Ben Stiller. [22] In What Remains of Edith Finch, released in 2017, compulsive daydreaming is shown as the cause of death to the character Lewis. [23]
In psychology, fantasy is a broad range of mental experiences, mediated by the faculty of imagination in the human brain, and marked by an expression of certain desires through vivid mental imagery. Fantasies are generally associated with scenarios that are impossible or unlikely to happen.
“As adults, highly fantasy-prone people are more susceptible to hallucinations and false memories that might lead them to sincerely believe that they have had paranormal experiences when, in ...
Hyperphantasia has been shown to be associated with higher levels of "openness" in the Big Five personality traits, using the NEO personality inventory. This entails more openness to "new experiences, broad interests, an active imagination and a likelihood of experiencing more positive and negative emotions more keenly than other people". [10]
To examine how the Big Five personality traits are related to subjective health outcomes (positive and negative mood, physical symptoms, and general health concern) and objective health conditions (chronic illness, serious illness, and physical injuries), Jasna Hudek-Knezevic and Igor Kardum conducted a study from a sample of 822 healthy ...