Social network in the 2015 dreams of a male dreamer
Social interactions play an important role in dreams and, thus, the question arises whether the characteristics of the dream social network based on co-occurrence of persons within dreams is comparable with the characteristics of waking-life social networks. The present analysis included 696 dreams...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2022-03-31
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International journal of dream research
Year: 2022, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 118-125 |
| ISSN: | 1866-7953 |
| DOI: | 10.11588/ijodr.2022.1.85607 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://dx.doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2022.1.85607 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/IJoDR/article/view/85607 
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| Author Notes: | Michael Schredl and Richard Schweickert |
| Summary: | Social interactions play an important role in dreams and, thus, the question arises whether the characteristics of the dream social network based on co-occurrence of persons within dreams is comparable with the characteristics of waking-life social networks. The present analysis included 696 dreams reported by a male dreamer in the course of one year. Overall, the findings support the notion that a dream social network shows the characteristics of a small world network (small average distances, high clustering), and the power low distribution of co-occurrences - similar to waking-life social networks. The clustering was most obvious for the core family members of the dreamer; they are more likely to co-occur than occur with persons of other social areas. More studies are needed to link inter-individual differences within the properties of the dream social network to differences in the current and former waking-life social networks of the dreamer. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 05.04.2022 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1866-7953 |
| DOI: | 10.11588/ijodr.2022.1.85607 |