Lucid Dreaming and Control in Waking Life
James A. Prescott, C. Gary Pettigrew
Perceptual and Motor Skills October 1, 1995 DOI: 10.1177/003151259508100258 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Survey Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 17 |
| Population | Middle-school students |
| Topics | Dreaming Lucid dreaming |
| Key findings | Search for control over situations in waking life was positively correlated with frequency of lucid dreaming. |
Abstract
In a survey of 17 middle-school students, search for control over situations in waking life was positively correlated with frequency of lucid dreaming.
Comparable studies
Other cross-sectional and survey studies on lucid dreaming, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Phenomenology of Lucid Dreaming: An Online Survey Respondents to an online survey about lucid dreams | 2014 | Online survey | n = 684 |
| Frequency of Lucid Dreaming in a Representative German Sample Representative sample of German adults | 2011 | Cross-sectional survey | n = 919 |
| Lucid dreaming: an age‐dependent brain dissociation Students aged 6-19 years | 2012 | Survey | |
| Terror and bliss? Commonalities and distinctions between sleep paralysis, lucid dreaming, and their associations with waking life experiences Adults aged 18–82 years | 2016 | Cross-sectional survey | n = 1,928 |
| Increased Lucid Dreaming Frequency in Narcolepsy Patients diagnosed with narcolepsy and healthy control subjects | 2015 | Cross-sectional study | n = 979 |