Somnologie: Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin
April 30, 2026
Julia Voss, Madlen Peters, Gordon Pipa et al.
Abstract Background Approximately 5% of people suffer from nightmares at least every 2 weeks. One cognitive behavioral intervention for recurrent nightmares is imagery rehearsal therapy (IRT), in which individuals recall, modify, and rehearse a less distressing version of their dream. Objective This randomized controlled trial evaluated the efficacy of a web application called “DreamMend” as a...
Somnologie: Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin
December 8, 2023
Michael Schredl
Abstract Research indicates that adults suffering from nightmares rarely seek professional help for their condition. However, nothing is known about the help-seeking behavior in adolescents with frequent nightmares. In a sample of 100 adolescents (50 female, 50 male) with a mean age of 15.30 ± 0.80 years, it was found that none of them ever sought professional help for nightmares, even though...
Somnologie: Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin
September 1, 2023
Zusammenfassung Das luzide Träumen ist ein einzigartiges Phänomen, bei dem sich eine Person während des Schlafs bewusst ist, dass sie träumt, und dadurch häufig ihre Handlungen während des Traums bewusst steuern kann. Dieser Artikel beleuchtet kritisch die methodischen Herausforderungen bei der Erforschung des luziden Träumens und bietet Strategien zu deren Bewältigung unter Berücksichtigung...
Somnologie: Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin
September 1, 2023
Emma Peters, Daniel Erlacher, Friedrich Müller et al.
AbstractThis study aimed to investigate the efficacy of using hypnotic enhancement of auditory suggestion to induce lucid dreams in inexperienced individuals. Lucid dreaming, a state in which the dreamer becomes aware of their dream state, provides opportunities for personal exploration, sports, and clinical applications. However, the rarity of lucid dreams poses a challenge to scientific...
Somnologie: Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin
August 15, 2023
Severin Ableidinger, Gerhard Klösch, Brigitte Holzinger
Abstract In dream research there exists a multitude of dream questionnaires and dream content analysis scales. However, many of them are either limited, not standardized or validated, or require a lot of effort. At the same time there are often divergent or even contradictory results in dream research, and comparability between different studies is often limited. Large sample sizes are rare but...
Somnologie: Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin
August 4, 2023
Simon Kempe, Anna-Julia Krome, Werner Köpp et al.
2 citations
Abstract Background For empirical dream research, numerous scales and rating systems exist for different facets of dreaming. Objective The present study aimed to compare two different approaches for dream report analysis focusing on content and affect regulation, respectively. Materials and methods The Hall and Van de Castle Coding System (HVCCS), complemented by two global rating scales, as...
Somnologie: Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin
July 24, 2023
Jonas Mathes, Jennifer Schuffelen
Abstract Background To date, the relationship between frequent nightmares, chronic pain, waking-life distress and sleep quality is still unclear. Previous research has shown that chronic pain patients reported more frequent nightmares and critical life events compared to a control group. Moreover, patients reported pain dreams similar to pain in their waking-life, whereas controls reported pain...
Somnologie: Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin
2022
Severin Ableidinger, Franziska Nierwetberg, Brigitte Holzinger
The pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had a huge impact on public mental health. This was also reflected in dreams. Not only did people start to remember more dreams, but dream content changed as themes like sickness, confinement, and-in the English-speaking world-even bugs began to dominate. This also led to an increase in nightmare frequency. There are various factors...
Somnologie: Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin
September 1, 2021
Katharina Lüth, Judith Schmitt, Michael Schredl
Abstract Background Since people with nightmares rarely seek help, low-threshold interventions and self-help methods are needed. Among different treatment approaches for nightmares, imagery rehearsal therapy (IRT) is the method of choice. Objective In the current study, the authors tested whether IRT is also effective when applied in a short version, within the scope of a single session of...
Somnologie: Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin
September 25, 2020
Michael Schredl
3 citations
Abstract Background and objectives Occasional nightmares (distressing dreams that awaking the sleeper) and bad dreams (distressing dreams that do not awaking the sleeper) are very common in children and adolescents. About 5% of children experience frequent nightmares (once a week or more often) and the question arises as to what factors contribute to significant nightmare distress which is...
Somnologie: Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin
August 3, 2020
Michael Schredl, Katharina Lüth, Judith Schmitt et al.
5 citations
Abstract Background and objective Nightmares are typically underdiagnosed and undertreated, even though frequent nightmares are quite common in patients with sleep-related breathing disorders. Based on a previous study, we investigated whether patients would respond if they were specifically asked whether they would be interested in telephone counselling about nightmares and nightmare...