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Dream reports and marital satisfaction.

Jerry Kroth1, Brad Roeder, Gerald Gonzales

  • 1Graduate Division of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA.

Psychological Reports
|July 30, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Higher relationship quality in counseling students correlated with more frequent nightmares and traumatic dreams. This suggests dreams may reflect underlying relationship anxieties and fears of loss.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Dream Research
  • Relationship Science

Background:

  • The relationship between intimate partner dynamics and dream content is not fully understood.
  • Previous research has not extensively explored the correlation between relationship quality and specific negative dream types.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between the quality of intimate relationships and the frequency of nightmares, dissociative dreams, and repetitive, traumatic dreams.
  • To explore potential links between relationship satisfaction and negative dream experiences.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the KJP Dream Inventory and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale with 29 married or cohabiting women in a marital counseling graduate program.
  • Analyzed quantitative correlations between Dyadic Adjustment Scale scores and self-reported dream frequencies.

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  • Qualitative dream reports were used to corroborate quantitative findings.

    • Main Results:

    • Found significant positive correlations between overall relationship quality (Dyadic Adjustment Scale) and the frequency of nightmares (.54), dissociative dreams (.52), and repetitive, traumatic dreams (.45).
    • Dyadic Adjustment Scale subscales (Consensus, Cohesion, Satisfaction) also positively correlated with these dream types.
    • 90% of qualitative dream reports supported the quantitative findings.

    Conclusions:

    • Higher perceived relationship quality is paradoxically associated with increased frequency of negative dream content, including nightmares and traumatic dreams.
    • These findings suggest that dreams may reflect underlying anxieties, fears of loss, or negative affect related to intimate partner relationships.
    • Dream content analysis may offer insights into relationship dynamics and individual psychological states within partnerships.