Michael Schredl
Biographic Data
| ID | 1236664 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Schredl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Schredl |
| SIGNATURE | SCHREDL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central Institute of Mental Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8031-6608 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 76 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 146 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 76 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Music in dreams
Music and dreams have been recurring and meaningful themes throughout human history. Empirical research on the topic of music in dreams is limited, particularly when it comes to studies involving participants with professional musical training. In this study, 37 music professionals participated, reporting a total of 151 dreams in a 14-day dream diary and completing questionnaires to assess their retrospectively estimated music dream frequency, da…
Measuring dream recall frequency with questionnaire scales and diaries
Dreaming about pain
Lucid nightmares and lucid nightmare distress
Gay Dreams
Although numerous individual factors influencing dream content have been explored, research on the link between sexual orientation and dreaming remains limited. This study examined this relationship among 119 German-speaking men (mean age = 31.97 years), including 55 homosexual and 64 heterosexual participants. Participants completed a questionnaire on their waking life sexuality and dreams and provided two dream reports. Homosexual men reported …
Church Dreams in a Long Dream Series of a Benedictine Nun
Music in the "Barb Sanders" dream series
Sports and dreaming
Dreaming of God and the Role of Faith in Everyday Life
In Christian faith, dreams – at least some – have been seen as messages from God; very powerful examples can be found in the Bible. However, empirical research regarding dreams of God is relatively scarce. Four hundred and fifty-two persons participated in the present survey, including a group from theology-related professions (theology students, priests, etc.). The findings indicate that the belief that dreams can be messages from God is related…
The association between personality traits and stress with nightmare frequency
Interactions with family members in students' dreams
Dreams, Race, and the Black Lives Matter Movement
Differences between lucid and nonlucid dream reports
Characterizing veterans' dreams applying the Zurich dream process coding system
Recurrent dream themes
Dream recall frequency and sensory-processing sensitivity
Dream recall, nightmares, dream sharing, and personality
Nightmare frequency and nightmare distress
Dreaming about cats
Nightmare frequency and feminine and masculine sex roles
Nightmares are not the only negative dreams
Dream lucidity is associated with positive waking mood
Lucid dreaming
Dreaming and the Covid-19 pandemic
This study analyzes the responses of 3,031 U S adults who, in early May of 2020, completed an online survey regarding their dreams and the COVID-19 outbreak The results indicate that those people most strongly affected by the pandemic also reported the strongest effects on their dream life (heightened dream recall, more negatively toned dreams, and pandemic-related dreams) Pronounced negative effects of the pandemic on dreaming were also found to…
Association of Locomotor Activity During Sleep Deprivation Treatment With Response
Disrupted circadian rhythms and sleep patterns are frequently observed features of psychiatric disorders, and especially mood disorders. Sleep deprivation treatment (SD) exerts rapid but transient antidepressant effects in depressed patients and has gained recognition as a model to study quick-acting antidepressant effects. It is of interest how locomotor activity patterns during SD might be associated with and potentially predict treatment respo…
Questionnaires and diaries as research instruments in dream research
Dream questionnaires are widely used in dream research to measure dream recall frequency and various aspects of dream life. The present study has investigated the intercorrelation between questionnaire and diary measures. 285 participants completed a dream questionnaire and kept a dream diary over a two-week period. Results indicate that keeping a dream diary increased dream recall in low and medium dream recallers but decreased dream recall in h…
Dreaming and personality
Dream recall frequency, attitude towards dreams and openness to experience
The question whether personality dimensions explain the interindividual differences in dream recall frequency has often been investigated by dream researchers. The present findings confirm previous research which has shown that traits such as openness-to-experience and thin boundaries correlate substantially with dream recall frequency. However, correlation coefficients are small and are much larger if attitude towards dreams or a scale measuring…
Anxiety dreams in school-aged children
Dream content and personality
Using dream diary procedures and statistically controlling for age and gender, the present study investigated the relationship between Hartmann's (1991) boundary concept and various aspects of dreaming. Results with a sample of young adults confirmed earlier findings that persons with thin boundaries recall dreams (including nightmares) more often, report dreams that are more negative and emotionally intense, regard their dreams more favorably (i…
Frequency of typical dream themes in most recent dreams
Are dreams of killing someone related to waking-life aggression
Sharing dreams
The study investigated aspects of dream sharing and dream recall in an adult sample (N = 667). It explored with whom dreams are shared and why, as well as the relation between relationship intimacy and dream sharing frequency with the partner. A significant, positive correlation was found between dream sharing frequency in couples and perceived relationship intimacy. Further, the findings supported previous research in that women recalled and sha…
Explaining the gender difference in dream recall frequency
Reliability and stability of dream recall frequency
Content Analysis of German Students' Dreams
Studies have demonstrated that general dream characteristics, such as gender ratio and familiarity of dream characters, frequency and type of social interactions and settings, and gender differences (e.g., heightened physical aggression in men's dreams), are very stable over time and across different populations. The present study included 537 dreams of 106 women and 39 men (German students). The results confirmed earlier findings regarding the s…
War‐Related Dream Themes in Germany from 1956 to 2000
Based on the continuity hypothesis of dreaming, the effects of World War II on the dreams of German persons have been studied. The present study included four representative samples from 1956 to 2000 (repeated cross‐sectional surveys). Although a decline of war‐related dream themes over time was found, the heightened rate of these themes in the oldest age group (60 years and older) in the year 2000 indicate the long‐lasting effect of emotionally …
Chronotype, Sleep Behavior, and the Big Five Personality Factors
Chronotype refers to individual differences in sleep timing and in preferences for a given time of day while sleep duration refers to the hours of sleep. Here, we assessed chronotype, sleep duration, and nightmare frequency in relation to the Big Five personality factors. Overall, 2,492 persons (1,437 women, 1,055 men) completed the online survey between March 23, 2015, and April 8, 2015. The mean age of the sample was 47.75 ± 14.41 years. In biv…
The continuity between waking-life musical activities and music dreams
Gender, sex role orientation, and dream recall frequency
TV viewing, computer game playing and nightmares in school children
Dream recall frequency, attitude toward dreams, and the Big Five personality factors
Dream recall, nightmare frequency, and spirituality
Changes in dream recall frequency, nightmare frequency, and lucid dream frequency over a 3-year period
Gender, sex role orientation, and dreaming
Interest in dream interpretation
The association between personality traits and stress with nightmare frequency
Recurrent dream themes
Dream recall, nightmares, dream sharing, and personality
Dreaming about cats
Dreaming and personality
Anxiety dreams in school-aged children
Emotions in Diary Dreams
Dream content in patients with narcolepsy
The present study investigated dream recall and dream content in patients with narcolepsy. Compared to healthy controls, patients with narcolepsy reported higher dream recall frequency and more negatively toned and bizarre dreams, confirming earlier findings
Impact of Parental Divorce on Children's Dreams
The present article summarizes the findings of major studies investigating the effect of stress on dreams. Forty-four children (11 to 13 yrs.) participated in this study to investigate the impact of parental divorce on their dreams. The dreams of the acute divorce group have not been, as expected, more negatively toned but showed more “primitivity” and “unsuccessful roles.” These findings were discussed within the continuity and mastery hypothesi…
Dream content and personality
Using dream diary procedures and statistically controlling for age and gender, the present study investigated the relationship between Hartmann's (1991) boundary concept and various aspects of dreaming. Results with a sample of young adults confirmed earlier findings that persons with thin boundaries recall dreams (including nightmares) more often, report dreams that are more negative and emotionally intense, regard their dreams more favorably (i…
Reliability in Dream Research
Questionnaires and diaries as research instruments in dream research
Dream questionnaires are widely used in dream research to measure dream recall frequency and various aspects of dream life. The present study has investigated the intercorrelation between questionnaire and diary measures. 285 participants completed a dream questionnaire and kept a dream diary over a two-week period. Results indicate that keeping a dream diary increased dream recall in low and medium dream recallers but decreased dream recall in h…
Continuity between waking activities and dream activities
Content Analysis of German Students' Dreams
Studies have demonstrated that general dream characteristics, such as gender ratio and familiarity of dream characters, frequency and type of social interactions and settings, and gender differences (e.g., heightened physical aggression in men's dreams), are very stable over time and across different populations. The present study included 537 dreams of 106 women and 39 men (German students). The results confirmed earlier findings regarding the s…
Dream recall frequency, attitude towards dreams and openness to experience
The question whether personality dimensions explain the interindividual differences in dream recall frequency has often been investigated by dream researchers. The present findings confirm previous research which has shown that traits such as openness-to-experience and thin boundaries correlate substantially with dream recall frequency. However, correlation coefficients are small and are much larger if attitude towards dreams or a scale measuring…
Reliability and stability of dream recall frequency
War‐Related Dream Themes in Germany from 1956 to 2000
Based on the continuity hypothesis of dreaming, the effects of World War II on the dreams of German persons have been studied. The present study included four representative samples from 1956 to 2000 (repeated cross‐sectional surveys). Although a decline of war‐related dream themes over time was found, the heightened rate of these themes in the oldest age group (60 years and older) in the year 2000 indicate the long‐lasting effect of emotionally …
Cardiovascular responses to dreamed physical exercise during REM lucid dreaming
Interest in dream interpretation
Do we think dreams are in black and white due to memory problems
TV viewing, computer game playing and nightmares in school children
Dream recall and Dream Content in Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Longitudinal Study of Nightmares in Children
The role of mood congruency memory effects in dream recall
Reading books about dream interpretation
Explaining the gender difference in dream recall frequency
Gender, sex role orientation, and dream recall frequency
Gender, sex role orientation and dream recall frequency
Induction of lucid dreams
Psychology (72 works) · Sleep and Wakefulness Research (57 works) · Psychoanalysis (45 works) · Sleep and related disorders (43 works) · Dream (40 works) · Psychotherapist (40 works) · Cognitive psychology (32 works) · Social Psychology (28 works) · Developmental psychology (25 works) · Recall (16 works)