Dale Allyson, Lafrenière Alexandre, De Koninck Joseph
School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Conscious Cogn. 2017 Mar;49:145-156. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2017.01.008. Epub 2017 Feb 15.
The present study was a first look at the ontogenetic pattern of dream content across the lifespan for men. The participants included 50 Canadian men in each of 5 age groups, from adolescence to old age including 12-17, 18-24, 25-39, 40-64, and 65-85. The last age group included 31 participants, totaling 231 males. One dream per participant was scored by two independent judges using content analysis. Trend analysis was used to determine the lifespan-developmental pattern of the dream content categories. Results demonstrated a predominance of aggressive dream imagery in the adolescent age group in line with social-developmental research. These patterns of dream imagery reflect the waking developmental patterns as proposed by social theories and recognized features of aging. Limitations and suggestions for future research, including the examining of the developmental pattern of gender differences across the lifespan, are discussed.
本研究首次探讨了男性一生中梦的内容的个体发生模式。参与者包括5个年龄组的50名加拿大男性，年龄跨度从青春期到老年，分别为12 - 17岁、18 - 24岁、25 - 39岁、40 - 64岁和65 - 85岁。最后一个年龄组有31名参与者，总计231名男性。两名独立的评判员使用内容分析法对每位参与者的一个梦进行评分。趋势分析用于确定梦的内容类别的毕生发展模式。结果表明，与社会发展研究一致，青少年年龄组中攻击性梦境意象占主导。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公认的衰老特征。文中讨论了研究的局限性以及对未来研究的建议，包括考察一生中性别差异的发展模式。
