Some Personality Characteristics of College Students Reporting Frequent Nightmares
Sleep and Hypnosis April 25, 2016 DOI: 10.5350/sleep.hypn.2016.18.0110 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 373 |
| Population | College students |
| Measures | Ausburg Multidimensional Personality Instrument (AMPI) |
| Topics | Dreaming |
| Citations | 6 |
| Key findings | Students reporting frequent nightmares scored higher on the AMPI validity scale Unlikeliness and the clinical scales Somatization, Dysphoria, Hystericality, Paranoia, Anxiousness, Schizotypic, and Hypomania. Regression analyses indicated that only Schizotypic and Hypomania scores predicted unique variance in frequent nightmares. |
Abstract
This study examined whether college students reporting frequent nightmares would score differently on scales of the Ausburg Multidimensional Personality Instrument (AMPI; Kelly, 2012) relative to a comparison group.University students (N=373) completed the AMPI and a questionnaire to assess how frequently they experienced nightmares.The results indicated that individuals with frequent nightmares scored higher on the AMPI validity scale Unlikeliness (unusual signs of distress) and the clinical scales Somatization (frequent bodily discomforts), Dysphoria (sadness and meaninglessness), Hystericality (desire to be liked, avoidance of responsibility, and limited insight), Paranoia (interpersonal suspiciousness), Anxiousness (anxiety and stress), Schizotypic (unusual perceptual experiences), and Hypomania (high energy).Regression analyses revealed that only Schizotypic and Hypomania scores significantly predicted unique variance in experiencing frequent nightmares.The results and limitations were discussed.
Comparable studies
Other observational and cohort studies on dreaming, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucid Dreaming: a State of Consciousness with Features of Both Waking and Non-Lucid Dreaming Student volunteers trained to become lucid and signal lucidity with horizontal eye... | 2009 | Observational study | n = 6 |
| Nightmare Prevalence, Nightmare Distress, and Self-Reported Psychological Disturbance Young adults with a mean age of 20 years | 2002 | Prospective observational study | n = 116 |
| Long-term effects of extreme situational stress on sleep and dreaming Survivors of traumatic events who complained of sleep disturbances, compared with... | 1987 | Case-control study | n = 11 |
| The relationship of nightmare frequency and nightmare distress to well‐being Adults who reported dreams | 2004 | Observational cohort | n = 147 |
| Dreaming in NREM Sleep: A High-Density EEG Study of Slow Waves and Spindles Healthy human subjects | 2018 | Observational cohort | n = 14 |
Citations in the library
Cited by 3
- The Nightmare Proneness Scale: A Proposed Measure for the Tendency to Experience Nightmares Sleep and Hypnosis August 14, 2017
- Facets of The Nightmare Proneness Scale and Their Relationships to Nightmares, Negative Affect, and Psychological Distress Sleep and Hypnosis 2020
- Convergent, Discriminant, and Incremental Validity of the Nightmare Proneness Scale Dreaming March 1, 2019