Schredl Michael, Reinhard Iris
Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany.
J Sleep Res. 2008 Jun;17(2):125-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00626.x. Epub 2008 Mar 12.
Many studies have reported gender differences in dream recall. Data from 175 independent studies have been included in the analyses. Overall, estimated effect sizes in five age groups of healthy persons differed significantly from zero. Variables like measurement method and publication year did not affect the gender difference but age groups showed different effect sizes. The smallest effect size was found for children (0.097), the largest for adolescents (0.364), whereas the three adult groups ranged from 0.242 to 0.270. The findings suggest that the age-dependent gender differences in dream recall might be explained by gender-specific 'dream socialization'. Longitudinal studies in this area, however, are still lacking.
许多研究报告了梦的回忆方面的性别差异。分析纳入了来自175项独立研究的数据。总体而言，五个健康人群年龄组的估计效应量显著异于零。测量方法和出版年份等变量并未影响性别差异，但年龄组显示出不同的效应量。儿童的效应量最小（0.097），青少年的最大（0.364），而三个成年组的效应量在0.242至0.270之间。研究结果表明，梦的回忆中与年龄相关的性别差异可能由特定性别的“梦的社会化”来解释。然而，该领域的纵向研究仍然缺乏。
