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Lucid dreaming treatment for nightmares: a series of cases

Spoormaker, Victor I., van den Bout, Jan, Meijer, Eli J. G.·2003·Dreaming
DOI 10.1023/a:1025325529560
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Goal of this series of cases was to investigate lucid dreaming treatment for nightmares. Hypotheses were that lucid dreaming treatment would decrease nightmare frequency and state/trait anxiety, and improve the quality of sleep. Eight participants received a one-hour individual session, which consisted of lucid dreaming exercises and discussing possible constructive solutions for the nightmare. Nightmare frequency and sleep quality were measured by a sleep questionnaire, anxiety was measured by the Spielberger State and Trait Anxiety Inventory. At the follow-up two months later the nightmare frequency had decreased, while the sleep quality had increased slighty. There were no changes on state and trait anxiety. Lucid dreaming treatment seems to be effective in reducing nightmare frequency, although the effective factor remains unclear.

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  • Lucid dreams could be useful as an intervention for nightmare disorders.

    “In line with this evidence, some studies suggested that lucid dreams could be useful as intervention for nightmare disorders (Zadra and Pihl, 1997; Spoormaker et al., 2003; Spoormaker and Van den Bout, 2006).”

    From The Functional Role of Dreaming in Emotional Processes (2019) · cites this paper as Spoormaker et al., 2003

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Authors
Spoormaker, V. I., van den Bout, J., & Meijer, E. J. G.
Affiliations
Utrecht University (NL)
ORCID
Spoormaker, Victor I.
Venue
Dreaming
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2003-09
Volume
13
Issue
3
Pages
181-186
ISSN
  • 1053-0797 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-3351
DOI
10.1023/a:1025325529560
OpenAlex
W2111573677
Cited by
59
References
29
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Dreaming (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Keywords
lucid dreaming, nightmares, nightmare frequency, sleep quality, state anxiety, trait anxiety

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