| Abstract: | Tested earlier findings by the author and B. Domhoff (see record 1963-08107-001) that indicate that male dreamers dream more often of males than do female dreamers by presenting all the findings on this topic. The characters who appeared or were mentioned in dream reports of children, adolescents, college students, adults, and patients in therapy (35 groups of various nationalities and ethnic groups) were classified by sex regardless of age, relationship to the dreamer, occupation, or nationality. The dreamer was not counted as a character; characters were counted only once no matter how often they appeared in the dream; a one-sex group was counted as 1 male or 1 female and a character differentiated from the same-sex group was counted as one character and the group as another. Results show that the sex difference occurred in 29 of the groups on every continent, in all age groups, and in dreams collected in the laboratory, in the classroom, and in the field by different investigators over a 30-yr period. It is suggested that this widespread confirmation of the sex difference in dreams increases the confidence that may be placed in the existence of a universal sex difference. (24 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
