FANTASIES, COPING BEHAVIOR, AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

This study assessed whether consistent relationships exist between the content of self-reported coping behaviors, sustaining fantasies. and ordinary daydreams. A second goal was the identification of coping beh aviors associated with psychopathology and an exploration of connectio ns between coping behaviors, fantasies, and daydreams correlated with pathology. College students (N = 119) completed the Tanck and Robbins Coping Behaviors Scale. the Sustaining Fantasy Questionnaire. and 12 I maginal Processes Inventory scales. Pearson correlations indicated str ong support for similar content between coping behaviors and the two t ypes of fantasy. Previously reported relationships between coping beha viors and psychopathology were replicated. Significant intercorrelatio ns Were found between sustaining fantasies, daydreams, and coping beha viors that. separately, were found to be significantly associated with psychopathology. (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.