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dc.contributor.authorBernstein, Daniel M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-09T17:31:38Z
dc.date.available2009-07-09T17:31:38Z
dc.date.issued1995-07-09T17:31:38Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/1767
dc.description.abstractThe present study was the first of its kind to systematically explore the psychometric properties of dream content questionnaires as measures of dream experience. One hundred and six University students filled out the Dream Content Questionnaire (DCQ) and kept a 14-day dream diary on two separate occasions, in addition to filling out the NEO-PI-R and Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire and measures of spatial ability and imaginativeness. The DCQ's reliability was acceptable, as was its discriminant and construct validity. Six of eight predicted relationships between trait personality and DCQ reported dream content were significant. In contrast, dream diaries showed instability over time and were unrelated to personality traits. The DCQ's concurrent validity could not be adequately appraised due to the inconsistency in dream diary content over time. The results suggest that questionnaires may be used to measure dream experience; however, the precise utility of dream questionnaires remains unclear. The findings raise important questions concerning measures of dream experience.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjectPsychometrics.en_US
dc.subjectDreams.en_US
dc.subjectQuestionnaires.en_US
dc.titleAssessing the psychometric properties of dream content questionnairesen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameM.A. Psychologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
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