Social network in the 2015 dreams of a male dreamer

• Verfasst von: Schredl, Michael [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Schweickert, Richard [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Social network in the 2015 dreams of a male dreamer
• Verf.angabe: Michael Schredl and Richard Schweickert
• E-Jahr: 2022
• Jahr: 2022-03-31
• Umfang: 8 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 05.04.2022
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: International journal of dream research
• Ort Quelle: Heidelberg : Univ.-Bibliothek, 2008
• Jahr Quelle: 2022
• Band/Heft Quelle: 15(2022), 1, Seite 118-125
• ISSN Quelle: 1866-7953
• DOI: doi:10.11588/ijodr.2022.1.85607
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: continuity hypothesis
• K10plus-PPN: 1797640836
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
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Abstract

Social interactions play an important role in dreams and, thus, the question arises whether the characteristics of the dream social network based on co-occurrence of persons within dreams is comparable with the characteristics of waking-life social networks. The present analysis included 696 dreams reported by a male dreamer in the course of one year. Overall, the findings support the notion that a dream social network shows the characteristics of a small world network (small average distances, high clustering), and the power low distribution of co-occurrences - similar to waking-life social networks. The clustering was most obvious for the core family members of the dreamer; they are more likely to co-occur than occur with persons of other social areas. More studies are needed to link inter-individual differences within the properties of the dream social network to differences in the current and former waking-life social networks of the dreamer.