Studying Intimacy through Dream Narratives: The Relationship of Dreams to Self-Report and Projective Measures of Personality
Imagination Cognition and Personality March 1, 1995 Kelly K. Evans, Jefferson A. Singer 6 citations
This study examined whether dreams can be considered narratives in the context of McAdams' model of identity as a life story [1]. Dream reports were collected and scored for intimacy motivation, then compared to more traditional projective and self-report measures. Dreams, autobiographical memories, TAT-type stories, and the Achievement, Affiliation, Dominance, and Nurturance scales of the...