Jungian personality typology and the recall of everyday and archetypal dreams.
Douglas R. Cann, D. C. Donderi
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1986 DOI: 10.1037//0022-3514.50.5.1021 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 146 |
| Population | Nonclinical population; 146 participants in the first stage, 30 of whom also completed dream diaries |
| Duration | Dream diary recall over an average of 23 nights |
| Measures | Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI), Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory, Dreaming Questionnaire, Kluger's archetypality rating procedures |
| Topics | Dreaming |
| Citations | 37 |
| Key findings | The distribution of archetypal dreams across earliest, most vivid, and most recent dreams matched Kluger's earlier results. Jungian intuitives, as measured by Myers-Briggs continuous scores, recalled more archetypal dreams; introverts recalled more everyday dreams; and high scorers on EPI neuroticism recalled fewer archetypal dreams. The authors state these results support several propositions of Jungian personality theory. |
Abstract
Hypotheses concerning the relations among personality types, neuroticism, and the recall of archetypal dreams were derived from Jungian theory. Dream records were obtained from a nonclinical population in two stages: first, recall of the most recent, most vivid, and earliest remembered dreams (N = 146), and then dream recall on awakening, over an average of 23 nights, from 30 of the first-sample subjects. A total of 697 dreams was recorded. Subjects also completed the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) the Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory, and a Dreaming Questionnaire. Dream archetypality was rated in accordance with procedures of H. Y. Kluger. The distribution of archetypal dreams across earliest (n = 106), most vivid (n = 105), and most recent (n = 102) dream types matched Kluger's earlier results. The dream diary recall data showed that Jungian intuitives, as measured via Myers-Briggs continuous scores, recalled more archetypal dreams; introverts, as measured via Myers-Briggs continuous scores, recalled more everyday dreams; high EPI neuroticism scorers recalled fewer archetypal dreams. The results support several propositions of Jungian personality theory.