Psychopathological symptoms as a function of trauma, dreams, and inhibitions

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ID3900569
AutoresCalvin Kai-Ching Yu (0000-0002-4372-7934)
Ano2014
Volume24
Fascículo4
Páginas309-322
Data de publicação2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDreaming (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1053-0797 • E-ISSN: 1573-3351
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/a0038438
OpenAlexW2321762051
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas23

This study investigates the cumulative effects of lifetime traumatization on dream activities and the extent to which potentially traumatic events, dream variables, and inhibitory functions can predict the severities of psychopathological symptoms. The sample consisted of 564 young adults, whose dream experiences, trauma history, ego functions, and symptom manifestations were assessed using the Dream Intensity Scale, Dream Motif Scale, Traumatic Experiences Checklist, and Ko’s Mental Health Questionnaires, respectively. The 2 dream scales profile an individual’s phenomenological experience of dream activities by retrospectively quantifying some typical dream themes—such as being pursued and encountering a person whom is desired— and variables indicative of subjective dream intensity, for example, nightmare frequency, lucid dreaming frequency, and confusion between real and dreamed events. The overall results suggest that psychopathological symptoms can be predicted positively by emotional trauma, accumulated traumatic experiences, thematic dream content, and sexual suppression (resistance against activity, material, or conversation relating to sex) and negatively by repressive defensiveness (denial of negative attributes) and counterdependence (active resistance against relying on other people) with impressive effect sizes

Function (biology · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychopathology · Psychotherapist · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Wakefulness Research · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance · Clinical Psychology