Associations Between Alexithymia, Negative Dream Emotions, and Nightmares: A Study Using Most Recent Dream Reports
Imagination Cognition and Personality May 7, 2026 Yui Yoshioka
Alexithymia is characterized by difficulties in identifying and describing feelings and a tendency toward externally oriented thinking. This study investigated the relationship between alexithymia and dream emotions among 282 Japanese adults using the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), the Japanese version of the Mannheim Dream Questionnaire (MADRE), and a Most Recent Dream report...