Drawing theoretical implications from descriptive empirical findings on dream content

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3900412
AutoresG William Domhoff (0000-0003-3628-8555)
Año1999
Volumen9
Número2-3
Páginas201-210
Fecha de publicación1999-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDreaming (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1053-0797 • E-ISSN: 1573-3351
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1023/a:1021302118072
OpenAlexW2007704554
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas6

The theoretical implications of four firmly established descriptive empirical findings concerning dream content are spelled out. The four established findings are: (1) the undeveloped nature of dream content in very young children; (2) the several similarities between dreaming and waking cognition; (3) the continuity of dream content with waking emotional concerns; and (4) the consistency of dream content over years and even decades in adults. It is concluded that these descriptive empirical findings contradict aspects of the Freudian, Jungian, and activation-synthesis theories, but that all of them are compatible with the cognitive theory of dreams formulated by Hall (1953b) and Foulkes (1985, 1999

Content (measure theory · Content analysis · Descriptive research · Descriptive statistics · Dream · Empirical research · Epistemology · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Wakefulness Research · Philosophy · Social Psychology