A Factor Analytic Study of Daydreaming, Imaginal Process, and Temperament: a Replication on An Adult Male Life-span Sample
- 1 November 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Gerontology
- Vol. 32 (6) , 675-680
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/32.6.675
Abstract
One hundred and seventy males aged 24 to 91 years were measured on daydreaming and related mental activity using the imaginal processes inventory and on temperament using the guilford-zimmerman temperament survey to determine if earlier results relating temperament to daydreaming in college populations were generalizable to the adult life-span. The earlier derived factor of “neurotic-anxious absorption in daydreaming” was found in this sample and had a negative correlation with chronological age, suggesting a decrease with increasing age. Other earlier derived factors on “personal acceptance-utilization of daydreaming,” “masculinity-femininity,” “thinking introversion,” and “social extroversion” were also found in this sample, but were not related to age.Keywords
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