Dream Recall and Attitude toward Dreams
Perceptual and Motor Skills June 1, 1984 DOI: 10.2466/pms.1984.58.3.911 (opens in new tab)
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractAttitudes toward dreams are only weakly linked to how often people remember their dreams, and unrelated to how often they recall nightmares. Among 46 part-time college students, a 16-item inventory measuring dream attitudes showed a small correlation (r = .31) with self-reported dream recall frequency over the previous six months. No relationship was found between dream attitudes and nightmare recall frequency.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Observational study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 46 |
| Population | Part-time college students |
| Key finding | Attitudes toward dreams were weakly correlated with dream recall frequency and unrelated to nightmare recall frequency. |
Abstract
Scores of 46 part-time college students (mean age 25.8 yr., SD = 5.7, 21 women, 24 men) on a 16-item inventory measure of attitudes toward dreams were only weakly related to the students' own estimates of their dream recall frequency in the last 6 mo. ( r = .31), and unrelated to a similar estimate of nightmare recall frequency.