Emotions in dreames : How do the dreams of often positive people and often negative people differ?

埼玉県越谷市The present study sought to explore differences in the dreams of often positive people and often negative people. A 26-item dream recall frequency questionnaire (Okada, 2000, 2001) that included overall dream recall frequency, nightmare frequency, lucid dream frequency, and experienced frequency for seven sensory modalities and for ten emotions was administered to 208 undergraduates ranging in age from 19 to 25 years. The participants were divided into four groups based on their scores for positive and negative motions. The four groups were compared in terms of their scores on remaining items. Significant interaction between positive and negative emotions was seen in some items. For example, the vividness of dreams diminished only in the seldom positive/ seldom negative group compared to the other three groups. Taking both negative and positive emotions into account is crucial to the study of emotion in dreams