Dream Recall Frequency, Lucid Dream Frequency, and Personality During the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Michael Schredl, Anellka Remedios, Silvia Marin-Dragu, Sana Sheikh, Alyssa Forbes, Ravishankar Subramani Iyer, Matt Orr, Sandra Meier
Imagination, cognition and personality December 1, 2022 DOI: 10.1177/02762366221104214 via PubMed
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractDream recall frequency and lucid dream frequency vary widely among individuals and are partly linked to personality traits. An online survey of 1,537 participants (1,150 women, 387 men; mean age 35.1 years) confirmed that openness to experience is associated with higher dream recall, supporting the lifestyle hypothesis. However, associations between the Big Five personality factors and lucid dream frequency were less consistent; for example, neuroticism showed a negative relationship with lucid dream frequency. Effect sizes were small. Lucid dream frequency was related to COVID-19-related worries, while dream recall frequency was not.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Cross-sectional survey Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 1,537 |
| Population | Adults (mean age 35.1 years) who completed an online survey |
| Keywords | Covid-19 pandemic Dream recall frequency Lucid dream frequency |
| Citations | 8 |
| Key finding | Openness to experience was positively associated with dream recall frequency, while neuroticism was negatively associated with lucid dream frequency; lucid dream frequency, but not dream recall frequency, was related to COVID-19-related worries. |
Abstract
Dream recall frequency and lucid dream frequency showed large inter-individual differences that are partly related to personality dimensions. However, as dream research is a small field, independent studies are necessary to build a solid empirical foundation. The present online survey included 1,537 participants (1150 women, 387 men) with a mean age of 35.1 ± 15.8 years. Whereas the relationship between openness to experience and dream recall frequency was in line with previous research - supporting the life-style hypothesis of dream recall, the associations between the Big Five personality factors and lucid dream frequency are less homogenous; for example, the negative relationship between neuroticism and lucid dream frequency. Even though the effect sizes of these associations are small, the findings can help in identifying links between waking and dreaming. Moreover, it was found that lucid dream frequency was related to Covid-19-related worries, whereas dream recall frequency was not.