Recall of Lucid Dreaming and Personality Traits: Analysis of the Big Five and Stress Coping Style among Chinese University Students
Junyi Shi, Eiko Matsuda
The Japanese Journal of Personality October 21, 2024 DOI: 10.2132/personality.33.2.6 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational survey Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 647 |
| Population | Chinese university students |
| Topics | Dreaming Lucid dreaming |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key findings | Neuroticism and problem-focused stress coping were positively related to self-awareness in lucid dreaming, whereas openness and avoidance-escape coping were positively related to lucid dreaming with script control. The authors indicate that lucid dreaming may serve as a non-pharmacological treatment for nightmares caused by psychological stress. |
Abstract
Lucid dreaming is defined as achieving conscious awareness of dreaming while still asleep. Lucid dreaming can manipulate scripts and is known as a non-pharmacological treatment for nightmares caused by psychological stress. This study examined the relationship between the type of lucid dreaming (self-awareness and script control), Big Five, and stress coping styles using a web-based survey of 647 Chinese university students. Our results indicated that neuroticism and problem-focused stress coping were positively related to the self-awareness of lucid dreaming. In contrast, openness and avoidance-escape stress coping were positively related to lucid dreaming with script control.
Comparable studies
Other cross-sectional and survey studies on lucid dreaming, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Phenomenology of Lucid Dreaming: An Online Survey Respondents to an online survey about lucid dreams | 2014 | Online survey | n = 684 |
| Frequency of Lucid Dreaming in a Representative German Sample Representative sample of German adults | 2011 | Cross-sectional survey | n = 919 |
| Lucid dreaming: an age‐dependent brain dissociation Students aged 6-19 years | 2012 | Survey | |
| Terror and bliss? Commonalities and distinctions between sleep paralysis, lucid dreaming, and their associations with waking life experiences Adults aged 18–82 years | 2016 | Cross-sectional survey | n = 1,928 |
| Increased Lucid Dreaming Frequency in Narcolepsy Patients diagnosed with narcolepsy and healthy control subjects | 2015 | Cross-sectional study | n = 979 |
Citations in the library
Cites 4
- The Functional Role of Dreaming in Emotional Processes. Frontiers in Psychology 2019
- Measuring consciousness in dreams: the lucidity and consciousness in dreams scale. Consciousness and Cognition March 1, 2013
- Best practice guide for the treatment of nightmare disorder in adults. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine August 1, 2010
- Imagery rehearsal treatment of chronic nightmares: with a thirty month follow-up. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry December 1, 1993