Comparing questionnaire and diary measures for eliciting nightmare frequency
University Library Heidelberg 2015 Mariella Zunker, Hanna Katharina Althoff, Julia Apel et al. 21 citations
Studies investigating the prevalence of nightmares have generally found higher frequencies in studies using daily logbooks or diaries compared to retrospective reports, raising the question as to whether retrospective questionnaires lead to an underestimation of nightmare frequency, possibly due to the suppression of the frightening nightmare experience or if the diary enhances recall. In this...