Nightmare distress, beliefs about nightmares, and waking-life anxiety
For the diagnosis of a nightmare disorder, the person should report clinically significant distress due to nightmares. Thus, research should focus on understanding the factors that might contribute to nightmare distress - in addition to the most obvious one, nightmare frequency. Overall, 285 persons...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2025-04-03
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International journal of dream research
Year: 2025, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 92-97 |
| ISSN: | 1866-7953 |
| DOI: | 10.11588/ijodr.2025.1.110208 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2025.1.110208 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/IJoDR/article/view/110208 
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| Author Notes: | Michael Schredl |
| Summary: | For the diagnosis of a nightmare disorder, the person should report clinically significant distress due to nightmares. Thus, research should focus on understanding the factors that might contribute to nightmare distress - in addition to the most obvious one, nightmare frequency. Overall, 285 persons (221 women, 60 men, 4 non-binary persons) with a mean age of 24.00 ± 5.51 years participated in the study. The findings of the present study indicated - as expected - that beliefs about nightmares, gender, and anxiety contribute independently - in addition to nightmare frequency - to nightmare distress. Identifying factors that are associated with being vulnerable to nightmare distress, can inform clinicians to better diagnose and treat persons who suffer from nightmares. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 14.04.2025 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1866-7953 |
| DOI: | 10.11588/ijodr.2025.1.110208 |