An Investigation of Neo-psychoanalytic Dream Type/ Content and Its Relationship to Personality
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal August 20, 2017 Norita Jill Bishop, Henry Jefferson Grubb, Nancy Hamblen Acuff 1 citation
The relationship between personality variables and dream content has been studied, but evidence for a Jungian interpretation is mixed. After reviewing the literature, the authors hypothesized a significant correlation between dream content and personality typology. In a study of 49 students (38 female, 11 male) enrolled in Developmental Psychology classes at East Tennessee State University in 1988, participants engaged in dream therapy for two weeks using the Pearlman Dream Technique, an Adlerian-based approach. They also completed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Gordon Personal Profile Inventory, and the Jungian Archetypal Personality Inventory. Correlation analysis suggests that more intuitive, introspective individuals have a more active imaginal (dream) life, while more outgoing personalities have less elaborate archetypal dreams. Common dreams served less of a balancing function than deeper archetypal dreams.