Video game play as nightmare protection

A preliminary inquiry with military gamers

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3900308
AutoresJayne Gackenbach, Evelyn Ellerman, Christie Hall
Año2011
Volumen21
Número4
Páginas221-245
Fecha de publicación2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDreaming (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1053-0797 • E-ISSN: 1573-3351
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/a0024972
OpenAlexW2129533576
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas8

Soldiers who play video games to varying degrees were solicited to fill out a survey on dreams and gaming. A prescreening filtered out those who were not soldiers, who did not game and who were suffering from various psychological problems in the last six months. The remaining soldiers filled out these inventories; general and military demographics, history of video game play, Emotional Reactivity and Numbing Scale (ERNS), and a Trauma Inventory. They were then asked to provide two dreams, one recent and one that was impactful from their military service. Following the military dream they filled out Impactful Dreams Questionnaire (IDQ) about that dream only. Dream content analysis was conducted using threat simulation, war content and lucid/control/gaming content. High and low end frequency gamer groups were identified and compared on these dream content scales. Because the nightmare literature shows that affect load and distress are predictors of nightmare suffering. ERNS and Trauma history were covariates in the ANCOVA’s on gamer group x dream type. It was found that the high end gaming group exhibited less threat and war content in their military dreams than the low end group

Multimedia · Nightmare · Psychotherapist · Video game · Computer Science · Mind wandering and attention · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Psychology · Sleep and Wakefulness Research · Applied Psychology · Social Psychology