GENDER DIFFERENCES IN A CONTENT ANALYSIS STUDY OF 608 DREAM REPORTS FROM RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS IN THE UNITED STATES
Stanley Krippner, Jan Weinhold
Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal January 1, 2002 DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2002.30.4.399 (opens in new tab)
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractMen's and women's dream reports in the United States differ in content, with patterns similar to those found in earlier research. The study analyzed 608 dream reports (330 from women, 278 from men) collected mostly at dream seminars between 1990 and 1996. Using Hall-Van de Castle coding on 53 categories and Cohen's h-statistic, several gender differences emerged, resembling previous findings.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Observational study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 608 |
| Population | Participants who provided dream reports in the United States, mostly from dream seminars between 1990 and 1996 |
| Key finding | Several gender differences in dream content were found, most resembling those found by previous researchers. |
Abstract
This investigation asked the question: “Are there significant content differences between male and female dream reports obtained in the United States?” Most of the 608 research participants provided dream reports (one per person) in response to a request from the senior author at dream seminars he gave between 1990 and 1996; the other dream reports were provided by friends and acquaintances of seminar participants. The total sample included 330 female and 278 male dream reports. Dreams were coded according to Hall-Van de Castle criteria on 53 categories, subcategories, and indices. The use of Cohen's h-statistic revealed several gender differences, most of which resembled those found by previous researchers.