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Financial Stress, Attitudes toward Money, and Scores on a Dream Inventory

Jerry Kroth, Sonia Mann, Carolina Cervantes, Matthew Jaffe, V. Ristic

Psychological Reports August 1, 2010 DOI: 10.2466/02.07.pr0.107.4.173-176 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Observational study Peer reviewed
Sample size 71
Population Graduate students in Counseling Psychology and Education
Measures KJP Dream Inventory, Money Attitude Scale, Contemporary Financial Stress Inventory
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Key findings Financial attitudes and stress during the 2009 market downturn were correlated with dream content and nightmare frequency among 71 graduate students. Retention concerns correlated with dissociative avoidance (-.31), falling (.26), risk-taking (.24), and being chased (.28); distrust correlated with discontentedness (.33), being chased (.26), repetitive trauma (.33), nightmares (.30), and recurring nightmares (.35); financial worry about graduate school correlated with nightmares (.27) and flying (.25).

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During stock market losses in 2009 and high unemployment, ratings on the KJP Dream Inventory were correlated with factors of the Money Attitude Scale and items on the Contemporary Financial Stress Inventory for 71 graduate students in Counseling Psychology and Education. Correlations were significant for Retention on the Money Attitude Scale with Dissociative Avoidance (-.31), Dreams of falling (.26), Risk-taking in dreams (.24), and Dreaming of being chased (.28). Also, ratings for the Money Attitude Scale of Distrust correlated with Discontentedness in dreams (.33) and Dreams of being chased (.26), Repetitive trauma (.33), Nightmares (.30), and Recurring nightmares (.35). Concern about retention in graduate school due to finances correlated with recalled frequencies of nightmares (.27) and dreams of flying (.25).

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