Dream content of Canadian males from adolescence to old age: An exploration of ontogenetic patterns

Dale, Allyson; Lafrenière, Alexandre; Koninck, Joseph De

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2017.01.008

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“…This is congruent with our findings such that young adults reported a higher frequency of nightmares compared to older adults (>40 years old). Furthermore, our group ( 64 , 65 ) previously investigated the ontogenetic patterns of several components of dream content, such as the characters, interactions, activities, and emotions of both men and women. One consistent result was the significant decrease across the lifespan of the frequency of aggressive interactions in dreams.…”

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“…Two hundred sixty participants were selected from a large sample collected between 2004 and 2017 for a normative study of the dreams of Canadians ( 64 , 65 ). Therefore, it was completed before the COVID 19 pandemic.…”

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“…A similar scale was used in a previous study investigating aggressions in dreams of soldiers, gamers, and control participants ( 69 ). Given the relationship between the frequency of dream components and the reports length ( 64 , 65 ), the frequency of dream threats were divided by the word count for the purpose of the analyses. Moreover, the most severe dream threat was selected as the measure of threat severity.…”

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“…No new validation procedure was applied. It was developed for the Normative Study of the dreams of Canadians that has led to several publications [see (64)(65)(66)]. The first section contained the consent form and instructions regarding how to fill out the questionnaire.…”

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Dissociated Effects of Age and Recent Troubling Experiences on Nightmares, Threats and Negative Emotions in Dreams

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Several studies have highlighted associations between adverse life events and the dysphoric character of dream experiences. This degree of continuity between waking-life and dream content seems partly attributed to the emotional and personal attachment linked to the incorporated waking experiences. Numerous changes in the processing of emotion-related stimuli are also reported across different human developmental stages. Therefore, we were interested in testing whether age would modulate the impact of recent troubling experiences on dream characteristics. Two hundred sixty participants, evenly distributed in five developmental stages, matched for gender and their exposure to a troubling experience, were selected from a large sample collected for a previous normative study of dreams of Canadians. Participants completed a dream questionnaire from which independent judges subsequently scored the dreams. We observed no interactions between the experience of troubling events and age. However, individuals who experienced a recent troubling event reported a higher frequency of nightmares and their dreams were more emotionally negative. Participants who experienced a moderately severe troubling event were also more likely to experience a dream whose maximal threat severity was of moderate intensity. Adolescents and young adults had dreams with a higher level of oneiric threats compared to older adults (>40 years old). Young adults also reported a higher frequency of nightmares compared to older adults. Our findings have implications for modern dream theories. They also suggest that dysphoric dreams might serve as potential proxies of mental health status and developmental stages. Future studies are now needed to explore the implications of these findings for psychological adaptation.

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“…After obtaining participants' consent, they were instructed to complete a dream questionnaire using pen and paper at home until they reported at least one dream for a maximum period of 10 days. The dream questionnaire (DQ), which was developed for the Normative Study on the dreams of Canadians (Dale et al, 2015(Dale et al, , 2016(Dale et al, , 2017, comprised several sections. Of particular interest to this study, were the data from the sections related to participants' emotions and stress experienced in the evening before sleeping and upon waking in the morning, and sections related to aspects of their (recalled) dreams, such as the narrative of their dream and the emotions in their dream.…”

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Dreamers’ evaluation of the emotional valence of their day-to-day dreams is indicative of some mood regulation function

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Results: A MANOVA revealed that subjects perceived a higher level of positive emotions in their dreams compared to a judge. Multi-group path analysis revealed that some relationships between pre-sleep, dream, and morning emotions and stress differed in positive and negative dream nights. In both groups, the strongest predictors of morning mood and stress were pre-sleep mood and stress, respectively. The second strongest predictor of positive morning mood was the subjects' dream positivity bias.

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Autobiographical memory sources of threats in dreams

Lafrenière

Lortie‐Lussier

Dale

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Consciousness and Cognition

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Dream content of Canadian males from adolescence to old age: An exploration of ontogenetic patterns

Cited by 25 publications

References 73 publications

Dissociated Effects of Age and Recent Troubling Experiences on Nightmares, Threats and Negative Emotions in Dreams

Dissociated Effects of Age and Recent Troubling Experiences on Nightmares, Threats and Negative Emotions in Dreams

Dreamers’ evaluation of the emotional valence of their day-to-day dreams is indicative of some mood regulation function

Autobiographical memory sources of threats in dreams

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