Personality and dream recall frequency

Further negative findings

Bibliographic Data

ID3900540
AuthorsMark Blagrove (0000-0002-9854-1854), Lucy Akehurst (0000-0002-0394-6868)
Year2000
Volume10
Issue3
Pages139-148
Publication date2000-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDreaming (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1053-0797 • E-ISSN: 1573-3351
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1023/a:1009482223115
OpenAlexW2128856204
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited11

On the basis of previous findings of dream recall frequency being associated with thin boundariness and sensitivity we assessed the association between DRF and variables that appear related to these two measures. Data from 93 participants (47 males, 46 females, mean age 21.3 yrs., SD = 3.5) show that dream recall frequency (DRF) correlates marginally with neuroticism (r = .20) and interrogative suggestibility (r = .21), the latter result indicating that DRF obtained by questionnaire may be subject to demand bias. DRF had very low correlations with various other personality variables (need for cognition, personal locus of control, hypochondriasis, morningness-eveningness), and with narrative memory, confabulation of narrative memory, and habitual sleep length. DRF correlated positively with POMS elated (-depressed) for males (r = .31) but negatively for females (r = −.19), this significant difference in correlations may be due to sex differences in DRF in response to stress. The frequent findings of small or nonsignificant correlations between DRF and personality are discussed in terms of similar low correlations in personality psychology, but we conclude that DRF is usually sampled adequately, and that the results of no simple relationship with personality (except boundariness, creativity, and positive attitude towards dreams) are therefore robust and may indicate that dream recall is mainly determined physiologically

Big Five personality traits · Cognitive psychology · Dream · Personality · Psychotherapist · Recall · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Wakefulness Research · Social Psychology