Social daydreaming and adjustment: An experience-sampling study of socio-emotional adaptation during a life transition

Estimates suggest that up to half of waking life is spent daydreaming; that is, engaged in thought that is independent of, and unrelated to, one’s current task. Emerging research indicates that daydreams are predominately social suggesting that daydreams may serve socio-emotional functions. Here we...

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Main Authors: Giulia Lara Poerio, Peter eTotterdell, Lisa-Marie eEmerson, Eleanor eMiles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00013/full