Interest in Dreams and Dream Recall
Paul R. Robbins, Roland H. Tanck
Perceptual and Motor Skills February 1, 1988 DOI: 10.2466/pms.1988.66.1.291 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational cohort Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 123 |
| Population | Undergraduate students |
| Duration | 10-day diary period |
| Topics | Dreaming |
| Key findings | Number of nights without dream recall was negatively correlated with speculation about dream meaning (−.23) and with holding beliefs or theories about dream meaning (−.20); women more frequently speculated about and discussed their dreams than men. |
Abstract
Questionnaire measures of interest in dreams were obtained from 123 undergraduate students (61 males, 62 females). Of these students 98 later completed diaries of home dream recall over 10 days. The number of nights without dream recall was negatively correlated (−.23) with speculation about the meaning of one's dreams and (−.20) with the presence of beliefs or theories about the meaning of dreams. Sex differences were found in interest in dreams: chi squared tests indicated that women more frequently than men speculated about their dreams and discussed them with other people.
Comparable studies
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| Lucid Dreaming: a State of Consciousness with Features of Both Waking and Non-Lucid Dreaming Student volunteers trained to become lucid and signal lucidity with horizontal eye... | 2009 | Observational study | n = 6 |
| Nightmare Prevalence, Nightmare Distress, and Self-Reported Psychological Disturbance Young adults with a mean age of 20 years | 2002 | Prospective observational study | n = 116 |
| Long-term effects of extreme situational stress on sleep and dreaming Survivors of traumatic events who complained of sleep disturbances, compared with... | 1987 | Case-control study | n = 11 |
| The relationship of nightmare frequency and nightmare distress to well‐being Adults who reported dreams | 2004 | Observational cohort | n = 147 |
| The prevalence of nightmares and their independence from anxiety. Undergraduates | 1990 | Observational study using daily dream logs | n = 220 |
Citations in the library
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