Changes in dream recall frequency, nightmare frequency, and lucid dream frequency over a 3-year period

• Verfasst von: Schredl, Michael [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Göritz, Anja [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Changes in dream recall frequency, nightmare frequency, and lucid dream frequency over a 3-year period
• Verf.angabe: Schredl, Michael; Göritz, Anja S.
• E-Jahr: 2015
• Jahr: Jun 2015
• Umfang: 7 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 11.01.2018
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Dreaming
• Ort Quelle: Dordrecht [u.a.] : Springer Science + Business Media B.V., 1991
• Jahr Quelle: 2015
• Band/Heft Quelle: 25(2015), 2, Seite 81-87
• ISSN Quelle: 1573-3351
• DOI: doi:10.1037/a0039165
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1567067034

Abstract

Cross-sectional studies indicate that dream recall frequency declines with age; longitudinal studies, however, are scarce. The present data from 2 online dream studies in the same panel carried out independently (N = 1,340 completed both surveys) indicate that there is an overall decline in dream recall frequency, nightmare frequency, and lucid dreaming frequency, even though for the majority of the sample the 3 variables remained quite stable over this time interval. The reasons for this decline are yet poorly understood. Future longitudinal studies should include cognitive measures (visual memory), personality measures (thin boundaries), sleep parameters, stress measures, and attitude toward dreams scales to test whether changes in these measures might explain the changes in the recall measures.