Nightmare Frequency, Nightmare Distress, and Anxiety
Tammy T. Nguyen, Samara Madrid, Hazel Marquez, Robert A. Hicks
Perceptual and Motor Skills August 1, 2002 DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.95.1.219 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 300 |
| Population | University students |
| Topics | Anxiety Dreaming |
| Key findings | Nightmare frequency and nightmare distress are significantly related to two dimensions of anxiety, contradicting Wood and Bootzin's 1990 conclusion that neither correlated with anxiety. |
Abstract
Using the self-reports of 300 university students, we replicated and extended the results of a 1971 study of Hersen by demonstrating a significant relationship between both nightmare frequency and nightmare distress with two dimensions of anxiety. Our results are not consistent with the 1990 findings of Wood and Bootzin who concluded that both nightmare frequency and nightmare distress were not correlated with anxiety.