A Phenomenological Approach to Psychopathology of Imagination: Development of a Descriptive Instrument - Examination of Anomalous Fantasy and Imagination

Andreas Rosén Rasmussen; Helene Stephensen; Julie Nordgaard; Josef Parnas

doi:10.1159/000488463

A Phenomenological Approach to Psychopathology of Imagination: Development of a Descriptive Instrument - Examination of Anomalous Fantasy and Imagination

Andreas Rosén Rasmussen, Helene Stephensen, Julie Nordgaard, Josef Parnas

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Abstract

This paper serves as an introduction to the Examination of Anomalous Fantasy and Imagination (EAFI) - a novel instrument for a semistructured, phenomenological exploration of psychopathology of imagination. We present an account of the phenomenology of imagination and proceed to a presentation of the disorders of imagination that are addressed in the EAFI. Furthermore, the interrater reliability of the EAFI was examined in a diagnostically heterogeneous sample of 20 in-patients. The interrater agreement ranged from 0.6 to 1.0, with an average κ of 0.84. The internal consistency of the EAFI as measured by Cronbach's α was above 0.88. We suggest that the anomalies of imagination explored by the EAFI reflect an alteration of the structure of consciousness and belong to a fundamental, generative layer of psychopathology. These disorders may have relevance for differential diagnostic purposes, especially in first-contact, young patients.

Original language	English
Journal	Psychopathology
Volume	51
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	210-215
ISSN	0254-4962
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000488463
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2018

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Fantasy
Female
Humans
Imagination/physiology
Male
Psychopathology/methods

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A Phenomenological Approach to Psychopathology of Imagination : Development of a Descriptive Instrument - Examination of Anomalous Fantasy and Imagination. / Rasmussen, Andreas Rosén; Stephensen, Helene; Nordgaard, Julie et al.

In: Psychopathology, Vol. 51, No. 3, 01.07.2018, p. 210-215.

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