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Uppslukande dagdrömmar: Medierar ouppmärksamhet sambandet mellan anknytningsstil och Maladaptive Daydreaming?
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Department of Social and Psychological Studies (from 2013).
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (university diploma), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Immersive Daydreaming: Does inattention mediate the connection between attachment style and Maladaptive Daydreaming? (English)
Abstract [en]

Objective: The overall purpose of this study was to investigate the connection andrelationships between attachment style (Safe/Insecure), inattentive/hyperactivity and Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD). Another purpose of this study was to investigate ifinattentive/hyperactivity mediates the connection between attachment style and MaladaptiveDaydreaming. These questions would be important to answer to bring more knowledge and understanding on how Maladaptive Daydreaming possibly originates and is maintained.Which also could give important indications on how effective interventions could arise forthis population.

Method: This was a cross-sectional study that was made as an online survey via Survey &Report with help from Karlstad University. In total there were 107 participants in this study(83 women, 22 males, 1 other). All participants were over 18. The included instruments usedin this study was: The 16-item Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-16), Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale-V.1.1 and the Relationship Questionnaire (RQ). Correlations was measured with Point-biserial correlation coefficient. And a mediation analysis was made using Process Macro.

Results: The result showed a positive connection that also can be seen in previous research where an insecure attachment showed higher degrees of inattentive/hyperactivity and higher degrees of Maladaptive Daydreaming. The results also show that there is a direct connection between an insecure attachment and Maladaptive Daydreaming, when inattentive/hyperactivity was brought into the model the connection disappeared. But there was an indirect connection between insecure attachment and inattentive/hyperactivity and inattentive/hyperactivity and Maladaptive Daydreaming.

Conclusion: The mediation analysis shows that there is an indirect connection between these variables. That there is a connection between an insecure attachment style, inattentive/hyperactivity and Maladaptive Daydreaming is concluded, but further on there needs to be more longitudinal studies to examine connections over time.

Keywords: Maladaptive Daydreaming, Attachment style, Inattention.

Abstract [sv]

Syfte: Det övergripande syftet med föreliggande studie var att undersöka sambanden mellan anknytningsstil, ouppmärksamhet/hyperaktivitet och Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD). Ytterligare ett syfte var att undersöka huruvida ouppmärksamhet/hyperaktivitet medierar sambandet mellan anknytningsstil och Maladaptive Daydreaming. Dessa frågor skulle vara viktiga att besvara för att öka förståelsen kring hur Maladaptive Daydreaming eventuellt uppkommer och vidmakthålls, vilket i sin tur skulle ge viktiga indikationer på effektiva interventioner för denna population.

Metod: Detta var en tvärsnittsstudie som utfördes som en enkätundersökning via Survey & Report med hjälp av Karlstads Universitet. Totalt deltog 107 personer i studien (83 kvinnor,22 män, 1 annan). Alla deltagare var över 18. De instrumenten som användes i föreliggande studie var: The 16-item Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-16), Adult ADHD Self Report Scale-V.1.1 and the Relationship Questionnaire (RQ). Korrelationer undersöktes med Punkt biserial korrelationkoefficient, och en mediationsanalys gjordes i Process macro.

Resultat: Resultatet visade på positiva samband som går i linje med tidigare forskning där en otrygg anknytning visade på högre grader av ouppmärksamhet/hyperaktivitet och högre grader av Maladaptive Daydreaming. Resultatet visar också att det fanns direkta samband mellan otrygg anknytning och Maladaptive Daydreaming, när ouppmärksamhet/hyperaktivitet lades till i modellen så försvann det direkta sambandet. Men det fanns ett indirekt samband mellan otrygg anknytning och ouppmärksamhet/hyperaktivitetsamt ouppmärksamhet/hyperaktivitet och Maladaptive Daydreaming.

Slutsats: Mediationsanalysen visar att det finns ett samband mellan dessa variabler. Att det finns ett samband mellan otrygg anknytning, ouppmärksamhet/hyperaktivitet och Maladaptive Daydreaming är fastställt, men vidare behövs det göras mer longitudinella studier för att undersöka samband över tid.

Nyckelord: Maladaptive Daydreaming, anknytningsstil, ouppmärksamhet.

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2022. , p. 38
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-91389OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-91389DiVA, id: diva2:1684872
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Psychology
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Master of science in psychology programme
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