Nightmare experience and personality disorder functioning styles in healthy volunteers and nightmare disorder patients
Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic September 1, 2020 Xu Shao, Chu Wang, Chanchan Shen et al. 1 citation
People with nightmare disorder experience more frequent and intense nightmares than healthy individuals, and they also show higher levels of certain personality disorder traits, including paranoid, schizotypal, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic, avoidant, and dependent styles. In healthy volunteers, borderline, schizotypal, and passive-aggressive traits predicted aspects of nightmare experience, while in patients, dependent, avoidant, histrionic, and paranoid traits were significant predictors. These findings suggest that personality features are closely linked to nightmare experiences, particularly in those with nightmare disorder, and that therapy addressing personality adjustment may be beneficial.