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Drinkwater, K, Dagnall, N, Houran, J, Denovan, A and O’Keeffe, C (2022) Structural Relationships Among Mental Boundaries, Childhood Imaginary Companions, Creative Experiences, and Entity Encounters. Psychological Reports. pp. 1-19. ISSN 0033-2941
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Abstract
This study investigated relationships between thin mental boundary functioning, creativity, imaginary companions (ICs), and anomalous ‘(entity) encounter experiences.’ A convenience sample of 389 respondents completed the Revised Transliminality Scale, Oxford-Liverpool Inventory of Feelings and Experiences, Creative Experiences Questionnaire, Survey of Strange Events, and a measure of Childhood Imaginary Companions. Competing testing with path analysis found that the best-fitting model was consistent with the causal chain of ‘Thin Boundaries (transliminality and schizotypy) → Creative Experiences → ICs → (Entity) Encounter Experiences.’ These results suggest that deep-types of ICs (i.e., showing apparent independent agency) are perhaps most accurately characterized as syncretic cognitions versus hallucination-like experiences. The authors examine these findings relative to study limitations, as well as discussing the need for future research that approaches ICs as a special mental state that can facilitate allied altered-anomalous experiences. In this context, this study furthered understanding of relationships between conscious states related to mental boundaries, childhood imaginary companions, creative experiences, and entity encounters.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Encounter experiences; boundary functioning; creativity; imaginary companions; transliminality; 1701 Psychology; 1702 Cognitive Sciences; Social Psychology |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Psychology (from Sep 2019) |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2024 11:24 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jul 2024 14:50 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1177/00332941221123235 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/23541 |
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