The Object Representation Scale for Dreams (Krohn)
Steve Tuber
February 2, 2018 DOI: 10.4324/9781351216784-5 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Population | Children, divided into a clinically pathological group and a non-pathological group |
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| Measures | Object Representation Scale for Dreams (ORSD) |
| Key points | The Object Representation Scale for Dreams differentiated a clinically pathological group of children from a non-pathological group when applied to recalled-dream reports, with the non-pathological group obtaining higher object representational level scores. |
Abstract
The application of object representation scales to children’s dream material offers a means of looking at the relationship of object representations to the psychological, interpersonal, and psychopathological variables of the child dreamer. The authors reviewed the Object Representation Scale for Dreams (ORSD) and determined that it differentiated a clinically pathological group of children from a non-pathological group when applied to recalled-dream reports. The non-pathological group obtained higher object representational level scores.