Influence of gender and age in aggressive dream content of Spanish children and adolescents

Bibliographic Data

ID3900450
AuthorsUrsula Oberst (0000-0002-4735-782X), Cristian Charles, C Spiker Charles, Ander Chamarro (0000-0002-8059-5467)
Year2005
Volume15
Issue3
Pages170-177
Publication date2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDreaming (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1053-0797 • E-ISSN: 1573-3351
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/1053-0797.15.3.170
OpenAlexW2132064114
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited13

This study investigated the aggressive components of the dream content of 120 Spanish children and adolescents of 4 different age groups. The C. S. Hall and R. L. Van de Castle (1966) coding system was used to rate the number of dream characters and aggressions, and the content findings were analyzed via the indicators presented by G. W. Domhoff (1993, 1996, 2003). Results confirm the findings of previous studies of gender and age differences in dream content: Boys tend to have more aggressive dream content, which tends to decrease with age until reaching a pattern similar to the normative group; younger children, especially boys, tend to be victims of aggression more frequently than do older children. In addition, a data analysis procedure involving cumulative scoring of the aggression scale as well as nonparametric statistics yielded significant differences between boys and girls of the youngest group for severity of aggression

Content (measure theory · Developmental psychology · Dream · Psychotherapist · Child Therapy and Development · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Wakefulness Research · Clinical Psychology

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