Obsessions at Night: Dream Experiences, Emotional Attributes, and Personality Traits as Indicators of Sleep Problems

Abstract

This study investigated the extent to which negative emotions, personality traits, and obsessive-compulsive distress modulate the relationship between sleep problems and dream experiences. The sample consisted of 610 upper secondary school students, whose subjective intensity of dream experiences, thematic dream content, obsessivecompulsive distress, personality traits, defensiveness, emotional qualities, and sleep disturbances were assessed using

Pathological narcissism, dream experiences, and personality dynamics.

“…Precisely these two process characteristics define two primary categories of psychopathology—neurosis and psychosis. This isomorphism perhaps partly explains why subjective dream experiences—such as dream recall frequency and nightmare frequency—are associated with numerous psychopathological issues, ranging from depression (Agargun & Cartwright, 2016; Cartwright et al, 2003, 2006), through to borderline personality (Schredl et al, 2012; Semiz, Basoglu, Ebrinc, & Cetin, 2008; Simor, Csóka, & Bódizs, 2010; Yu, 2013a, 2014a, 2014b), conversion hysteria or somatoform distress (Yu, 2010a, 2011, 2014a, 2014b), psychoform dissociation (Agargun et al, 2003a, 2003b; Suszek & Kopera, 2005; Yu, 2010a, 2011), obsessive compulsion (Kuelz, Stotz, Riemann, Schredl, & Voderholzer, 2010; Yu, 2013a, 2014a, 2014b), posttraumatic stress (Propper, Stickgold, Keeley, & Christman, 2007; Punamäki, 1997, 1998; Valli, Revonsuo, Pälkäs, & Punamäki, 2006), schizotype (Claridge, Clark, & Davis, 1997; Yu, 2013a, 2014a, 2014b), schizophrenia (Limosani, D’Agostino, Manzone, & Scarone, 2011; Lusignan et al, 2009; Noreika, Valli, Markkula, Seppälä, & Revonsuo, 2010), sleep disturbance (Yu, 2016; Yu & Lam, 2017; Yu & Thompson, 2016), neurological disorders (Solms, 1997; Yu, 2001a, 2001b, 2003, 2006, 2007), and Chinese medical conditions, such as qi stagnation (Chan & Yu, 2016).…”