Abstract
Two separate pilot studies, using hearing-impaired, female college students, divided into three daydreaming frequency groups (low, moderate and high) are summarized. Different frequency daydreamers were compared on characteristics related to fantasy. Multivariate and univariate analyses for both studies indicated that achievement, as measured by grade point index, depression, feelings about the importance of achievement, information seeking, preference for being alone, loneliness and how often subjects fantasized as adolescents were significantly different across the three daydreaming frequency groups. Specifically, subjects who daydream fourteen or more hours per week (high frequency) showed more actual achievement as reflected in their grades, viewed achievement, however, as less important in their lives, were more depressed, higher in information seeking, were lonelier, preferred to be alone and fantasized more frequently during their adolescence than less frequent daydreaming hearing-impaired, college-age females. Achievement benefits and emotional consequences of frequent daydreaming are discussed for this population.
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