Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press, Inc., New York City
Dreaming Volume 9, Number 4, December 1999
Contents
The Relationship of Dream Content and Changes in Daytime Mood in
Traumatized vs. Non-Traumatized Children
Raija-Leena Punamäki
Page 213
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The On-Going Significance of Significant
Dreams: The Case of the Bodiless Head
Roger M. Knudson and Samuel Minier
Page 235
Dream Use In Film Making
J. F. Pagel, C. Kwiatkowski, and K. E. Broyles
Page 247
Dream Content and Personality: Thick vs. Thin Boundaries
Michael Schredl, Gerard Schäfer, Friedrich Hofmann, and Sarah Jacobs
Page 257
Handedness and the Vividness of Dreams
Robert A. Hicks, Jose Bautista, and Gregory J.
Hicks
Page 265
BOOK REVIEW
An Introduction to the Psychology of Dreaming
Kelly Bulkeley
Reviewed by Michael Schredl
Page 271
Raija-Leena Punamäki
The Relationship of Dream Content and Changes in Daytime Mood in Traumatized
vs. Non-Traumatized Children
Dreaming: Journal of the Association for the Study of Dreams. Vol 9(4)
213-233, Dec 1999.
Abstract:
The study examined how the mood changes from night to morning, and how dysphoric
dream contents associate with this change among children who live in traumatic
environment and their controls from peaceful area. The sample consisted of 413
Palestinian boys and girls of 6-15 years of age, the mean age being 11.22+2.64.
The participants filled in a seven-day dream diary in which they recorded their
recalled dreams every morning. First, the results, confirmed that mood change
from evening to morning is a general dream function: age and gender are not
related to the change. The mood change was rather associated with what and whom
the children dreamt about. Second, the hypothesis of the trauma group showing
less change in dysphoric dream content and in the intensity of negative morning
mood across a period of time of seven days was not confirmed. On the contrary,
the results showed that both dreams incorporating dysphoric themes and negative
morning mood decreased only among children living in traumatic conditions.
Third, it was hypothesized that there is a stronger association between presleep
negative mood and dysphoric dreams, as well as between the dysphoric dreams and
negative morning mood among children living in traumatic environment than among
children from peaceful area. Contrary to the hypothesis, results for the trauma
group revealed a reverse association between evening mood and dream contents:
the more afraid, angry and worried children felt in the evening, the more Happy
recreation dreams they reported, and the happier evening mood they reported, the
more Threatening stranger dreams they had. However, concurring with the
hypothesis, a direct association was found between dysphoric dreams and negative
morning mood in the trauma group. The more children dreamt about Threatening
strangers, the more afraid, angry and worried they felt in the morning. The
discussion proposes a model of the correcting or balancing dream function that
is characterized by a reverse assimilation of incorporating evening mood into
dreams, and by a direct accommodation of dream content into morning mood.
Key Words: dreams; emotions; traumatic events.
Roger M. Knudson, Ph.D., and Samuel Minier
The On-Going Significance of Significant Dreams:
The Case of the Bodiless Head
Dreaming: Journal of the Association for the Study of Dreams. Vol
9(4) 235-245, Dec 1999.
Abstract:
In the growing literature on significant dreams, relatively little attention has been given to the enduring, even life-long, influence some dreams have on dreamers' lives. This article describes an ongoing research project on significant dreams by way of an illustrative case of a young woman whose 20-year-old dream still resonates in her psychic life. We suggest that such dreams might be better understood in terms of the aesthetics of "image" rather than the interpretation of dreams as "text."
Key Words: significant dreams; impactful dreams; memorable dreams; long-term dream influence; aesthetic understanding.
J.F. Pagel, MS/MD, C. Kwiatkowski, Ph. D. and K.E. Broyles,
M.A.
Dream Use in Film Making
Dreaming: Journal of the Association for the Study of Dreams. Vol
9(4) 247-256, Dec 1999.
Abstract:
The correlation between film and dream has an extensive
theoretical basis in both cognitive science and cinematic literature.
Biographical and autobiographical reports from film makers document antidotal
descriptions of the use of dream in creative aspects of screen writing, acting
and directing film. However, no systematic or analytic approach has been used in
the attempt to document dream utilization in film making. Film makers attending
the Sundance Film Institute Screenwriter and Director Labs from 1995-7 were
asked to complete a previously validated questionnaire regarding dream recall
and incorporation into a spectrum of awake behaviors. Compared to a previous
general population study, all responses to questions assessing reported dream
effects on awake behaviors and recall were significantly higher for the film
makers. An in-group study of film makers found that reported dream recall and
effects on waking behavior for the Creative group (Directors, Screen writers,
Actors) were significantly higher than for the Working group (Crew). Responses
from the Professional Group (Producers, Editors and Cinematographers) were
intermediate. Within the Creative Group, reported specific dream effects on
behavior varied significantly with creative role.
Key Words: dream use; dream affects; film making; directors; screen
writers; actors; creativity.
Michael Schredl, Gerard Schäfer, Friedrich Hofmann, and Sarah Jacobs
Dream Content and Personality: Thick vs. Thin Boundaries
Dreaming: Journal of the Association for the Study of Dreams. Vol 9(4)
257-263, Dec 1999.
Abstract:
Using dream diary procedures and statistically controlling for age and gender, the present study investigated the relationship between Hartmann's (1991) boundary concept and various aspects of dreaming. Results with a sample of young adults confirmed earlier findings that persons with thin boundaries recall dreams (including nightmares) more often, report dreams that are more negative and emotionally intense, regard their dreams more favorably (i.e., as more meaningful and creative), and dream more frequently of verbal interaction with others.
Robert A. Hicks and Jose Bautista of the Department of Psychology at San Jose
State University
and Gregory J. Hicks
Handedness and the Vividness of Dreams
Dreaming: Journal of the Association for the Study of Dreams. Vol 9(4)
265-269, Dec 1999.
Abstract:
We provided a constructive replication of a recently published paper by
measuring the relationship between handedness and recall of vivid dreams. To do
this we asked groups of right- (N=174), mixed- (N=16) and left-handed (N=13)
university students to respond to a dream scale. Our data were consistent with
those of the recent study in question in that we demonstrated that left-handers
were significantly more likely to recall types of dreams that classified as a
vivid. These data seem consistent with the profile of right hemispheric talent
that is thought to characterize left-handers.
Key Words: handedness; laterality; dream content; dream type.
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