Blick K A, Howe J B
J Psychol. 1984 Jan;116(1st Half):143-6. doi: 10.1080/00223980.1984.9923629.
Twenty-four college and 37 elderly women kept diaries for six weeks, at the end of which they voluntarily submitted them for analysis. The college women selected significantly more emotions for their dreams than did the elderly women. Enjoyment-joy accounted for a significantly higher proportion of emotions in dreams of elderly than in those of college women; but anger-rage and fear-terror occurred significantly less often in dreams of the elderly. The results were interpreted as providing support for the continuity hypothesis which states that dream content is a reflection of one's daily life.
24名大学女生和37名老年女性记录了六周的日记，在六周结束时，她们自愿提交日记以供分析。大学女生在日记中选择记录的情感比老年女性多得多。在老年女性的梦境中，愉悦-快乐类情感所占比例明显高于大学女生；但愤怒-狂怒和恐惧-惊恐在老年女性的梦境中出现的频率明显更低。这些结果被解释为支持了连续性假说，该假说认为梦境内容是一个人日常生活的反映。
