Sleep
May 19, 2025
Otis Eads, John Richmond Sy, Ruth Brombach et al.
Abstract Introduction Lucid Dreaming, defined by a preserved sense of insight, thought, and control while dreaming, has been previously linked to internal locus of control, resilience and problem-solving. Lucid Dreaming may be important for individuals to exert a sense of agency in both dreams and daily life. This study therefore investigates how locus of control relates to lucid dreaming...
Behavioral Sleep Medicine
January 15, 2025
Kristi E. Pruiksma, Katherine E Miller, Joanne L. Davis et al.
16 citations
OBJECTIVES: Research supports cognitive behavioral therapies for nightmares (CBT-N) in adults. However, the nuances of implementation and unstandardized nomenclature for treatment components has created confusion in the field. To provide clarification, an expert consensus panel convened to review treatment manual components and to develop guidelines for the standardized implementation and...
Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress
October 1, 2023
Yun‐Yue Zhuang, Lei-Lei Wang, Tian‐He Song et al.
The Nightmare Disorder Index Questionnaire (NDI) was developed to measure the impact of nightmares. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of NDI among Chinese adolescents. This study investigated the validity and internal consistency of the Nightmare Disorder Index Chinese (NDI-CV) among 6014 Chinese adolescents who completed the NDI-CV, Nightmare Distress...
Sleep
November 27, 2020
Jessica R. Dietch, Daniel J. Taylor, Kristi E. Pruiksma et al.
STUDY OBJECTIVES Nurses are a group at high risk for nightmares, yet little is known about the rate of nightmare disorder and associated psychosocial factors in this group in part attributable to the lack of a self-report questionnaire to assess DSM-5 criteria for nightmare disorder. Aims of the current study were to 1) report on development and initial validity of a self-report measure of...