Austrian dream behavior

Results of a representative population survey

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3900748
AutoresRobert Stepansky, Brigitte Holzinger (0000-0001-5385-4091), A Schmeiser-Rieder, B Saletu, Michael Kunze, J Zeitlhofer
Año1998
Volumen8
Número1
Páginas23-30
Fecha de publicación1998-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDreaming (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1053-0797 • E-ISSN: 1573-3351
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1023/b:drem.0000005912.77493.d6
OpenAlexW2072250760
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas22
Referencias citadas3

This study was based on a survey of a representative sample of 1000 Austrians who were questioned about their sleep and dream behavior. About two-thirds of the respondents reported that they generally recalled at least one dream per month. Dream recall frequency decreased with advancing age, but did not differ between men and women. Fifty-five percent of the respondents characterized the affective content of their dreams: 29% reported neutral, 20% positive, and 6% negative dreams. Four percent of the sample reported suffering from nightmares. These respondents more frequently reported snoring, interrupted sleep, daytime somnolence, anxiety and nervousness, depression, high dream recall, recurrent dreams, and dreaming in color. Twenty-six percent of the total sample reported that sometimes they realized during their dreams that they were dreaming. These respondents more frequently reported family problems, high dream recall, positive dream content, recurrent dreams, dreaming in color, and nightmares

Dream · Population · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Wakefulness Research · Demography