Based on the continuity hypothesis of dreaming, the effects of World War II on the dreams of German persons have been studied. The present study included four representative samples from 1956 to 2000 (repeated cross‐sectional surveys). Although a decline of war‐related dream themes over time was found, the heightened rate of these themes in the oldest age group (60 years and older) in the year...
More than 2000 written dream reports were collected from Jewish and Arab fifth to seventh graders living in various settings in Israel and the West Bank. From this general dream sample 212 encounter dreams (dealing with the other side on the manifest level) were extracted. The content analysis of the dreams supports Calvin Hall's continuity hypothesis: judging from the prevalence of encounter...