DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF DYSFUNCTIONAL DAYDREAMING SCALE

Objective: To develop a valid and reliable Dysfunctional Daydreaming Scale (DDS). Methodology: This study aimed to create the item pool for DDS was conducted in three phases. In second phase, 45 items out of total 67 were selected administration sample 40 individuals, chosen through purposive sampling from Gujrat Sialkot ranging age 12 60 years. first semi-structured interviews with four clinical psychologists two psychiatrists, as well ten individuals aged 20 The evaluated by five experts psychology. Results: Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure adequacy (KMO=0.924) Bartlett's test sphericity (x2=6717.842, p<.001) satisfactory. exploratory factor analysis identified factors, "Escapes" "Emotional Distress," reliability coefficient .94 satisfactory concurrent validity MDS (r=.75, p<.01). Conclusions: is psychometric that has been developed locally evaluate mala­daptive thought patterns may serve risk development psychiatric disorders.