The Creative Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ): a brief self-report measure of fantasy proneness

Relationships Between Self-Reported Potentially Traumatizing Events, Psychoform and Somatoform Dissociation, and Absorption, in Two Non-Clinical Populations

“…They propose that fantasy proneness can give rise to both self-reports of traumatizing events and of dissociative experiences and thus might explain the relationship between these events and symptoms. Merckelbach and Muris' (2001) finding that there is a correlation between fantasy proneness, as measured by the Creative Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ) and dissociation, as measured by the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES; [14]) is consistent with this hypothesis. However, it also fits the hypothesis of fantasy as a coping skill regarding trauma among individuals who also dissociate, and DES scores in a normal population may assess absorption rather than true dissociation.…”

The 5-Dimensional Personality Test (5DPT): Relationships With Two Lexically Based Instruments and the Validation of the Absorption Scale

“…Evidence supporting the construct validity of the 5DPT was also obtained by correlating the 5DPT with the SSQ (Van Kampen, 2006b), the CEQ (Merckelbach et al, 2001), the TS (Thalbourne, 1998), the RTS (Lange et al, 2000), TS-related scales to measure reality changes (RealCh) and spiritual experiences (SpirEx), the LSHS (Launay & Slade, 1981), and the OLIFE-UE scale (Mason et al, 1995). Given the fact that the schizoid, schizotypal, or preschizophrenic personality has been reported to exhibit features that resemble high positions on 5DPT S, N, and A, and low positions on E (see, e.g., Bleuler, 1972;Ross et al, 2002;Slater, 1953), as well as the observation that the SSQ breaks down into the correlated factors Negative Schizotypy, Asocial Schizotypy, and Positive Schizotypy (Van Kampen, 2006b), it was reassuring to see that 5DPT S turned out to correlate rather substantially with SSQ Egocentrism and 98 VAN KAMPEN Hostility (two scales that measure Asocial Schizotypy); low 5DPT E with SSQ Active Isolation and Social Anxiety (both loading on Negative Schizotypy); 5DPT N with particularly SSQ Affective Flattening and Apathy (also loading on Negative Schizotypy); and 5DPT A, albeit not very high, with SSQ Living in a Fantasy World and Delusional Thinking (both loading on Positive Schizotypy).…”

“…More in line with the fact that the 5DPT was constructed from a clinical-theoretical perspective, the 5DPT was also correlated with the Schizotypic Syndrome Questionnaire (SSQ; Van Kampen, 2006b), the Creative Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ; Merckelbach, Horselenberg & Muris, 2001), Thalbourne's (1998) Transliminality Scale (TS), the Launay-Slade Hallucination Scale (LSHS; Launay & Slade, 1981), and the Unusual Experiences scale from the Oxford-Liverpool Inventory of Feelings and Experiences (OLIFE-UE; Mason, Claridge, & Jackson, 1995). Apart from the negative and asocial scales of the SSQ (see later), these correlational studies were primarily intended to investigate the validity of the 5DPT Absorption scale.…”

Diagnostic accuracy of the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS) in detecting instructed malingering

“…In addition, they completed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; Beck, Ward, Mendelson, Mock, & Erbaugh, 1961), the trait anxiety scale of the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-trait; Spielberger, Gorsuch, & Lushene, 1970), and the Creative Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ; Merckelbach, Horselenberg, & Schmidt, 2001). …”