Content analysis of dreams and waking narratives

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3900587
AutoresAlfio Maggiolini (0000-0002-5539-6351), Chiara Cagnin, Franca Crippa, Anna Persico, Pietro Rizzi
Año2010
Volumen20
Número1
Páginas60-76
Fecha de publicación2010-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDreaming (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1053-0797 • E-ISSN: 1573-3351
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/a0018824
OpenAlexW2036670709
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas9

This study investigated the specificity of dream content and its continuity with waking life. For each subject (125 men and 125 women, between the ages of 19 and 29 years), a dream and a waking episode were collected according to "the most recent dream" method (Hartmann, Elkin, & Garg, 1991), which was also applied to "a recent life episode." Both kinds of narratives were analyzed through the application of the Hall-Van de Castle System (1966) and a typical content analysis (a compendium of the most important typical dream taxonomies). In dreams, typical situations involved the dreamer trying to perform some physical action, most frequently with difficulties in mastering the task. Affective relationships and hostile interactions with an enemy were shared by both narratives, but cognitive activities were uncommon in both cases. © 2010 American Psychological Association

Art · Cognitive psychology · Content (measure theory · Content analysis · Literature · Narrative · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Sociology · Child Therapy and Development · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Wakefulness Research · Social Psychology