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Elena Vegni

3 papers in the library · 23 citations · publishing 2021-2022

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Dreaming or daydreaming during COVID-19 lockdown: A comparison between maladaptive and nonmaladaptive daydreamers.

Psychology of Consciousness Theory Research and Practice July 25, 2022 Giorgia Margherita, Alessia Caffieri, R. Mariani et al.

Starting from the idea that dreaming could be considered an index of the psychological health of individuals regarding the COVID-19 outbreak, a major risk of psychological maladjustment has been registered for maladaptive daydreamers (MDers;i.e., people with a compulsive fantasy activity associated with distress and psychological impairment). Nevertheless, there is a gap in literature about...

Dreams and Nightmares during the First and Second Wave of the COVID-19 Infection: A Longitudinal Study.

Brain Sciences October 20, 2021 Serena Scarpelli, Valentina Alfonsi, Maurizio Gorgoni et al. 23 citations

Recent literature shows that the Coronovirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has provoked significant changes in dreaming. The current study intends to provide an update about dream variable changes during the second wave of COVID-19. A total of 611 participants completed a web survey from December 2020 to January 2021. Statistical comparisons showed that subjects had lower dream-recall frequency,...

Pandemic nightmares: Effects on dream activity of the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy.

Journal of Sleep Research October 1, 2021 Serena Scarpelli, Valentina Alfonsi, Anastasia Mangiaruga et al.

COVID-19 has critically impacted the world. Recent works have found substantial changes in sleep and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dreams could give us crucial information about people's well-being, so here we have directly investigated the consequences of lockdown on the oneiric activity in a large Italian sample: 5,988 adults completed a web-survey during lockdown. We...

DOI: 10.1111/jsr.13300 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Adverse events Continuity hypothesis Health Mental sleep activity