Katariina Tienhaara

Individual and Situational Predictors of Threatening Dream Content During the COVID ‐19 Pandemic

Journal of Sleep Research April 2, 2026 Ville Loukola, Jarno Tuominen, Eveliina Malinen et al.

Previous studies have examined how the COVID-19 pandemic affected dream recall, dream content, and nightmares. However, relatively little attention has been devoted to the individual and situational factors associated with pandemic-induced changes in dreams. The threat simulation theory of dreaming predicts that threatening situations in our waking life (situational factors) influence...