Development of a structure-validated Sexual Dream Experience Questionnaire (SDEQ) in Chinese university students

Chen, Wanzhen; Qin, Ke; Su, Weiwei; Zhao, Jialian; Zhu, Zhouyu; Fang, Xiangming; Wang, Wei

doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.10.010

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“…The instrument used was an adaptation of the Sexual Dream Experience Questionnaire (SDEQ) developed by Chen et al (2015). This questionnaire is composed of 32 items, divided into four factors: Joyfulness, Aversion, Familiarity, and Bizarreness.…”

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“…Sleep is divided into cycles of approximately 90 min, each involving a slow-wave and a paradoxical stage. It is during this paradoxical stage when dreams appear, reflecting daily experiences with content, which can vary (Chen et al, 2015;DeCicco, 2007;Parra, 2014), as is the case with sexual dreams. Specifically, it is during the REM stage of sleep that dopaminergic mesolimbic-cortical systemsthose associated with sexual desires-are activated (Lee, 2010;Olsen, Schredl, & Carlsson, 2013;Yu, 2001Yu, , 2007Yu, , 2013.…”

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“…(Yu, 2010). Image-based sexual, erotic, or pornographic content may serve as a way of fulfilling subconscious desires, reflecting sexual experiences or thoughts, and satisfying relational experiences and ethical concerns (Chen et al, 2015).…”

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Experiences of nursing students regarding sexual dreams.

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The aim of this study was to describe the experiences related to sexual dreams in a sample of nursing degree students from the University of Almería, Spain. The research instrument used was an adapted version of the Sexual Dream Experience Questionnaire. This questionnaire is composed of 32 items, divided into 4 dimensions: Joyfulness, Aversion, Familiarity, and Bizarreness. The main results highlighted differences in relation to sex-men have more sexual dreams than women and place more importance on them. While foreplay is involved in the erotic dreams of both men and women, regular partners rarely appear in them. Male dreams tend to include more sexual partners than female dreams and the percentage of men or women who had dreamed about being raped or abused in their sexual dreams was very low. Ultimately, students showed a strong desire to have sexual dreams.

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“…The SDEQ (Chen et al, 2015) measures sexual dream frequency (one item) and four factors of sexual dream experience (eight items each). Joyfulness reflects the high sexual satisfaction and excitement of sexual dreams.…”

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“…Sexual dream refers to the typical dream type in human where sexual content, theme, or imagery happens (Chen et al, 2015; Schredl et al, 2004). Contents of sexual dream mainly include sexual activities such as kiss, sexual intercourse, flirting, and sexual fantasies (Schredl et al, 2009; Yu & Fu, 2011) as well as some horrible situations such as aggression-involving behavior and rape (King et al, 2009).…”

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Prevalence and detailed experience of frequent sexual dream in Chinese university students.

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The sexual dream is partly connected with sexual crimes and affects both physical and psychological well-being of university students, but there is no investigation on the detailed sexual dream experience and the depressive mood in this population in China. Altogether 3,479 students in a comprehensive Chinese university were invited to report their frequency of lifelong sexual dream. The frequent sexual dreamers (sDreamers) and nonfrequent sexual dreamers (controls) were invited to answer the Sexual Dream Experience Questionnaire (SDEQ) and the Plutchik-van Praag Depression Inventory. Altogether 1,481 students reported their lifetime sexual dreams (the prevalence of sexual dream was 42.57%), and 89 were defined as sDreamers (the prevalence of frequent sexual dream was 2.56%), with a male preponderance. Comparisons between sDreamers and the 213 controls have shown that the SDEQ Joyfulness, Familiarity, and Bizarreness scores were elevated in sDreamers. Moreover, Plutchik-van Praag Depression Inventory was correlated with SDEQ Joyfulness and Bizarreness in sDreamers and with Joyfulness in controls. This is the first report in Chinese university students regarding the sexual dream experience and depressive mood, which might help to investigate the emotional state in frequent sexual dreamers.

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Sex dreams in married women: Prevalence, frequency, content, and drives.

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Although sex dreams (SD) are of common occurrence, studies dealing with them are still restricted. SD had been reported as accompanying nocturnal orgasms in women and they were reported usually as a reflection of their actual experience. This cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to provide information about SD prevalence, frequency, content, and drives in a group of Egyptian married women. Overall, 211 married women answered a self-report questionnaire including 23 items covering the epidemiology of participants, sexual activity, and SD details. Overall, 106 of the participants (51.3%) experienced the occurrence of SD. The most common frequency of SD was once/month occurring in 25.6% of the participants; most common content seen was kissing (39.6%), most commonly occurring in familiar places (62.3%), most common persons seen were husbands (33.6%), feeling pleasure after it (54.7%) with increased emotional satisfaction (46.2%). The most common drive to have SD was to be in a sexually stimulating situation (51.8%). Occurrence of SD was more common in women aged 20 -29, in those having a university degree and in house wives. SD was proportional to coital frequency and the frequency of orgasm. It is concluded that SD is not uncommon in married women where sexual thoughts and motives are represented.

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Development of a structure-validated Sexual Dream Experience Questionnaire (SDEQ) in Chinese university students

Cited by 6 publications

References 31 publications

Experiences of nursing students regarding sexual dreams.

Experiences of nursing students regarding sexual dreams.

Prevalence and detailed experience of frequent sexual dream in Chinese university students.

Sex dreams in married women: Prevalence, frequency, content, and drives.

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