Abstract
Summary Sexual dreams are quite common and many studies indicate that men report erotic dreams more often than women. A systematic exploration as to whether the frequency of erotic dreams is related to sexual behavior or fantasy in waking life – as would be predicted by the continuity hypothesis of dreaming – has not yet been carried out. Overall, 70 students completed a questionnaire about waking life behavior and dream content. The findings indicate that the frequency of erotic dreams is related to the amount of time spent with sexual fantasies in waking life but not to intercourse or masturbation. Again, men reported more erotic dreams than women, but this is not explained solely by a higher amount of time spent with sexual activities in waking life. Whether retrospective measurements are more valid for assessing the frequency of erotic dreams in comparison with dream content analytic approaches should be studied in the future.
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