Short Imaginal Processes Inventory

Scoring and Norms

 

The Short Imaginal Processes Inventory (SIPI; Huba, Singer, Aneshensel, & Antrobus, 1982) is a short (45-item) version of the Imaginal Processes Inventory (IPI; Singer & Antrobus, 1970), a long (344-item) questionnaire that surveys many different aspects of daydreaming.

Daydreaming Frequency

Nightdreaming Frequency

Absorption in Daydreaming

Acceptance of Daydreaming

Positive Reactions to Daydreaming

Frightened Reactions to Daydreaming

Visual Imagery in Daydreams

Auditory Imagery in Daydreams

Problem Solving Daydreams

Present Orientation in Daydreams

Future Orientation in Daydreams

Past Orientation in Daydreams

Bizarre-Improbable Daydreams

Mindwandering

Achievement-Oriented Daydreams

Hallucinatory-Vividness of Daydreams

Fear of Failure Daydreams

Hostile Daydreams

Sexual Daydreams

heroic Daydreams

Guilt Daydreams

Interpersonal Curiosity

Impersonal-Mechanical Curiosity

Boredom Susceptibility

Mentation Rate

Distractibility

Need for External Stimulation

Self-Revelation

By contrast, the SIPI encompasses only three scales:

Positive-Constructive Daydreaming

Guilt and Fear-of-Failure Daydreaming

Poor Attentional Control

To determine your score on these scales, add up your ratings of the individual SIPI items as follows (note that some items are "negatively keyed"):

Positive-Constructive Daydreaming:

Begin with 30 points; 

then add items 2, 7, 10, 15, 22, 28, 31, 36, 40, and 43; 

and subtract items 4, 17, 19, 26, and 38.  

 

  

 

Average Score: approximately 48

Guilt and Fear-of-Failure Daydreaming:

Begin with 12 points;

then add items 3, 6, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 24, 27, 32, 34, 37, and 41;

and subtract items 30 and  44.

 

  

 

Average Score: Approximately 34

Poor Attentional Control:

Begin with 42 points;

then add items 5, 11, 20, 25, 29, 33, 39, and 45;

and subtract items 1, 8, 13, 16, 23, 35, and 42.

 

  

 

Average Score: approximately 46

Click here for the questionnaire.

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