Interest in Dreams and Dream Recall

Abstract

Questionnaire measures of interest in dreams were obtained from 123 undergraduate students (61 males, 62 females). Of these students 98 later completed diaries of home dream recall over 10 days. The number of nights without dream recall was negatively correlated (−.23) with speculation about the meaning of one's dreams and (−.20) with the presence of beliefs or theories about the meaning of dreams. Sex differences were found in interest in dreams: chi squared tests indicated that women more frequently than men speculated about their dreams and discussed them with other people.