| Abstract: | Studied evening mood rating sheets and dream diaries for 5 days during a 2-wk period, obtained from 67 college women. Dream recall at home was more likely to occur on mornings preceded by presleep mood ratings that were relatively negative; this was particularly true for infrequent dream recallers. Results fail to support repression hypotheses of dream recall that derive from Freud's "afterexpulsion" concept. Results are consistent with the hypothesis that presleep mood affects the salience, and thus the recallability, of the dream experience. Negative presleep mood was associated with more unpleasant dreams (characterized by threat, helplessness, and vulnerability), especially for Ss reporting lower overall self-confidence. (39 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
