Finding Meaning in Dreams: A Quantitative ApproachDistinguished psychologist G. William Domhoff brings together-for the first time-all the necessary tools needed to perform quantitative studies of dream content using the rigorous system developed by Calvin S. Hall and Robert van de Castle. The book contains a comprehensive review of the literature, detailed coding rules, normative findings, and statistical tables. |
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Contents
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The HallVan de Castle System of Content Analysis | xi |
The Quality of the Data | 25 |
Normative Findings on American College Students | 37 |
Age Differences in Dream Reports | 69 |
CrossCultural Studies of Dream Content | 85 |
Consistency and Change in Long Dream Series | 117 |
The Continuity between Dreams and Waking Life in Individuals and Groups | 139 |
The Repetition Dimension in Dreams and Waking Cognition | 177 |
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1MOA A/C index adult African-American aggressive and friendly aggressive interactions American animal percent befriender Castle norms Castle system chapter classification code was given Coding symbol cognitive college students compared comparison consistency content analysis content categories cultural Domhoff dream content dream journal dream recall dream reports dreamer Dreamer-involved effect size elements Examples familiar characters familiarity percent female characters findings Foulkes Freud friendly interactions gender differences girls Gusii Hall Hall/Van de Castle Hopi included indicate individual indoor settings involved Journal Jung Kramer large number long dream series male and female male characters male dream male/female percent misfortunes mother NREM number of characters objects patients person physical aggression percent Psychology psychopathology quantitative Recent Dreams recurrent dreams reference repetition dimension sample scale score sexual interactions sleep social interactions statistically significant studies of dream subclass subjects Table total number traumatic dreams unfamiliar victimization percent waking William Domhoff women Yir Yoront