Abstract

PARRA, Alejandro. Experiences: links with schizotypy, dissociation and fantasy proneness. Interam. j. psychol. [online]. 2009, vol.43, n.1, pp. 134-143. ISSN 0034-9690.

In this paper, we investigate whether the personality trait of Absorption is a predisposing factor for HG/HP hallucinatory experience. Our participants, six hundred and fifty-six undergraduate students, 76% females and 24% males (age range 17-57), completed four scales, assessing absorption (r = .48, p < .001, 2-tailed), Cognitive-perceptual schizotypy and schizotypy proneness (r = .44, p < .001, 2-tailed), dissociation (r = .46, p < .001, 2-tailed), and Fantasy proneness (r = .42, p < .001, 2-tailed), subjective experiences along the sleep-wakefulness continuum. Our findings are indicative of a common, pseudo-hallucinatory experiential base, suggesting that absorption can indeed serve as the predisposing factor for hallucinatory experience. In our discussion, we look at the implications of this finding for applied cognitive psychology, focusing on the study of false memories and reality monitoring.

Keywords : Hallucinatory experiences; Schizotypy proneness; Dissociation; Fantasy proneness; Absorption; Hypnagogic/hipnopompic experiences.

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