Anger held inward, aggressive dream content in craniomandibular disorders and bruxers
Omar Franklin Molina, Zeila Coelho Santos, Maria Aparecida Sobreiro, Mary Louise Cano
Revista Neurociências December 31, 2015 DOI: 10.34024/rnc.2015.v23.7987 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational cross-sectional study Peer reviewed |
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| Sample size | 137 |
| Population | Adults with craniomandibular disorders/bruxism (70), bruxers without craniomandibular disorders (28), and controls without such disorders (39) |
| Topics | Dreaming |
| Key findings | Anger-in scores were higher in people with craniomandibular disorders/bruxism and in bruxers without such disorders than in controls, though the two bruxism groups did not differ from each other. Aggressive content in bad dreams and nightmares was reported more often in the two bruxism groups (71.4% and 67.9%) than in controls (46.2%), while mean numbers of aggressive dream events were similar across groups. |
Abstract
Objective. To evaluate means in anger-in and aggressive dream content in craniomandibular disorder/bruxers. Method. Two questionnaires to evaluate anger-in and aggressive content in nightmares, clinical examination, and criteria for craniomandibular disorders/ bruxism were used in 70 subjects with craniomandibular disorders/ bruxism (66 females, mean age 31.3); in 28 bruxers without craniomandibular disorders (19 females, mean age 32.3); and in 39 controls without such disorders (26 females, mean age 30.6). Results. Anger-inward was not different between craniomandibular disorder/bruxism (130.7) and non craniomandibular disorder/bruxism (105.6); but it was different when compared with control group (70.1): craniomandibular disorder/bruxism versus control group (p<0.001); non craniomandibular disorder/bruxism and control group (p<0.01). Frequencies of aggressive dream content in nightmares were about: craniomandibular disorder/bruxism: 71.4%; non craniomandibular disorder/bruxism: 67.9% and control group: 46.2% (p=0.02). Means in aggressive dream events were not different among the groups. Conclusions. Anger-in was higher in those with craniomandibular disorders/bruxism. Aggressive events in bad dreams and nightmares decreased from the more psychologically disturbed subgroup to the less psychological disturbed one.
Comparable studies
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| Insomnia Symptoms, Nightmares, and Suicidal Ideation in a College Student Sample Undergraduate students at a large, public university in the southeastern United States | 2011 | Observational cross-sectional survey | n = 583 |
| Prevalence and Correlates of Frequent Nightmares: A Community-Based 2-Phase Study Middle-aged Hong Kong Chinese adults from the community, mean age 40.9 years (SD 5.5,... | 2010 | Cross-sectional survey with subsequent clinical evaluation (two-phase design) | n = 8,558 |
| Factors of home dream recall: a structural equation model Adults (general population sample) | 2003 | Cross-sectional survey with structural equation modeling | n = 444 |
| 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 |
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