A Rating System for Lucid Dream Content
Donald W. Stewart, David Koulack
Imagination, Cognition and Personality September 1, 1989 DOI: 10.2190/nnp2-22v0-6k7h-a6j8 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational study Qualitative Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 179 |
| Population | Undergraduate students |
| Topics | Dreaming Lucid dreaming |
| Key findings | The lucid dream rating system could reliably identify different types of lucid dream content in dream reports, but some categories were less efficacious than others. |
Abstract
Retrospective dream reports from 179 undergraduate students were scored by two independent raters in an attempt to assess the reliability of a newly-developed rating system for lucid dream content. The weighted Kappa statistic, which provides an index of chance-corrected interrater agreement for qualitative data, was used to assess the reliability of the ratings. The results indicated that the lucid dream rating system could be reliably used to identify different types of lucid dream content in dream reports, but some categories were less efficacious than others. Suggested revisions to the rating system are discussed.
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Cites 4
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