Measurement of Nightmare Experience, and its Application in Research and Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders
Journal of Psychiatry January 1, 2017 DOI: 10.4172/2378-5756.1000e111 (opens in new tab) via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractNightmares are long, detailed dreams that usually happen during REM sleep. They involve intense negative emotions that lead to waking up, often as a person tries to avoid threats to survival, safety, or physical well-being, and typically results in rapid alertness and orientation upon awakening. Nightmares can also leave lingering negative feelings, cause significant distress, emotional dysregulation, and impair social, occupational, or other areas of functioning.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Dreaming |
| Keywords | Psychiatry Psychology Medicine |
| Key finding | Nightmares are extended, elaborate dream narratives during REM sleep that cause disturbed affect, arousal, and can lead to distress and impairment. |
Abstract
Nightmares are typically extended, elaborate dream narratives, and usually occur during rapid eye movement period of sleep.Nightmare experience is accompanied by the disturbed affect culminating in arousal, which usually involves an individual's efforts to avoid threats to survival, security, or physical integrity, but often results in awakening with rapid orientation and alertness [1].Nightmare experience might also leave the individual negative emotions and cause obvious distress, emotional deregulation, or impairment in social, occupational, or other functions [2].