College students (N = 85) were teted in order to examine the ability of imagination, psychopathology, hypnotizability, and alcohol use measures to predict dissociative experiences. Together, these measures predicted 45 percent (Bliss Scale [1]) and 43 percent (Dissociative Experiences Scale, DES [2]) of variance on dissociation scales. We confirmed the hypothesis that imagination and dissociative experiences are related: dissociation and positive constructive daydreaming and poor attentional control (SIPI) measures were moderately associated [3]. These two imagination measures emerged as influential predictors of Bliss (19% of variance) and DES (16% of variance) scores. Psychopathology measures (i.e., state anger, depression, anxiety) were more reliably associated with DES than Bliss scores, although alcohol use predicted Bliss scores. Hypnotizability (HGSHS:A, [4]) and dissociation were not associated, and hypnotizability only accounted for 3 percent of DES variance. Only state curiosity (STPI, [5]) was associated with hypnotizability.
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