Marysa Colvin 

Abstract 

Maladaptive Daydreaming is identified by the extreme need and/or want, for Daydreaming. This Daydreaming is excessive, and normally takes up most of the daydreamers day, whether they're imagining some type of horror story or a fairy tale. This causes interference in their basic life functions, such as their attention span and memory. This study looked at Maladaptive Daydreamers, and how that Maladaptive Daydreaming may have impacted their Executive Functioning Skills, or basic life functions, in order to further the information on a very understudied topic. Two surveys were administered to participants, along with an online computer task completed after the surveys. One survey examined Maladaptive Daydreaming and the second looked at Executive Behavior. The online computer task looked at Sustained Attention of the participant. It was found that participants tended to have lower flexibility to everyday changes, and were less likely to have more sustained attention than those without Maladaptive Daydreaming. Furthermore, there was a correlation between Emotional Control and Maladaptive Daydreaming.