Dale Allyson, Lortie-Lussier Monique, De Koninck Joseph
School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Conscious Cogn. 2015 Dec;37:214-24. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2015.09.008. Epub 2015 Oct 2.
The present study supports and extends previous research on the developmental differences in women's dreams across the lifespan. The participants included 75 Canadian women in each of 5 age groups from adolescence to old age including 12-17, 18-24, 25-39, 40-64, and 65-85, totaling 375 women. One dream per participant was scored by two independent judges using the method of content analysis. Trend analysis was used to determine the ontogenetic pattern of the dream content categories. Results demonstrated significant ontogenetic decreases (linear trends) for female and familiar characters, activities, aggression, and friendliness. These patterns of dream imagery reflect the waking developmental patterns as proposed by social theories and recognized features of aging as postulated by the continuity hypothesis. Limitations and suggestions for future research including the examining of developmental patterns in the dreams of males are discussed.
本研究支持并拓展了先前关于女性梦境在整个生命周期中发展差异的研究。参与者包括来自青春期到老年的5个年龄组中每组75名加拿大女性，年龄范围为12 - 17岁、18 - 24岁、25 - 39岁、40 - 64岁和65 - 85岁，共计375名女性。两名独立评判员使用内容分析法对每位参与者的一个梦境进行评分。趋势分析用于确定梦境内容类别的个体发生模式。结果表明，女性、熟悉角色、活动、攻击性和友善性方面存在显著的个体发生性减少（线性趋势）。这些梦境意象模式反映了社会理论所提出的清醒时的发展模式以及连续性假设所假定的衰老的公认特征。文中讨论了研究的局限性以及对未来研究的建议，包括对男性梦境发展模式的研究。
