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Dreaming during the COVID-19 lockdown: a comparison of Italian adolescents and adults

Based on the continuity hypothesis of dreaming, we have studied the effects of lockdown measures on Italian adolescents’ and adults’ dreams during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A sample of 475 subjects (73.9% women; 48.4% adolescents; ages 12-70 years, M=25.10,...

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Autores principales: Sommantico, Massimiliano, Iorio, Ilaria, Lacatena, Marina, Parrello, Santa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8451218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34568105
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.536
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description Based on the continuity hypothesis of dreaming, we have studied the effects of lockdown measures on Italian adolescents’ and adults’ dreams during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A sample of 475 subjects (73.9% women; 48.4% adolescents; ages 12-70 years, M=25.10, SD=12.2) was recruited via the Internet between April 17, 2020 and May 18, 2020. Participants were asked to provide socio-demographic data, as well as to report their Most Recent Dream. Results indicated that adults’ dreams were the longest, as well as characterized by higher emotional intensity, predominantly negative emotions, and a higher presence of sensory impressions. Furthermore, results indicated that the participants, especially adolescents, who were most directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic reported the strongest effects on their dreams. Results also indicated that women recall dreams more often than men, in addition to reporting higher emotional intensity, predominantly negative emotions, and a higher presence of sensory impressions. Finally, results of the Thematic Analysis of Elementary Contexts showed that adults’ dreams seem to be centered, above all, on both pleasant memories linked to experiences that are now forbidden (i.e., traveling, meeting friends) as well as on nightmares, while adolescents’ dreams focused on relationships with others. Finally, both adults and adolescents reported dreams related to the experience of home confinement, which they described in terms of the negative emotions they experienced. In sum, the findings of this study indicate that the COVID-19 lockdown measures, understood as a contextual and traumatic event, significantly affect people’s oneiric lives, regardless of age.
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spelling pubmed-84512182021-09-24 Dreaming during the COVID-19 lockdown: a comparison of Italian adolescents and adults Sommantico, Massimiliano Iorio, Ilaria Lacatena, Marina Parrello, Santa Res Psychother SPECIAL ISSUE "Working on dreams, from psychotherapy to neuroscience" Based on the continuity hypothesis of dreaming, we have studied the effects of lockdown measures on Italian adolescents’ and adults’ dreams during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A sample of 475 subjects (73.9% women; 48.4% adolescents; ages 12-70 years, M=25.10, SD=12.2) was recruited via the Internet between April 17, 2020 and May 18, 2020. Participants were asked to provide socio-demographic data, as well as to report their Most Recent Dream. Results indicated that adults’ dreams were the longest, as well as characterized by higher emotional intensity, predominantly negative emotions, and a higher presence of sensory impressions. Furthermore, results indicated that the participants, especially adolescents, who were most directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic reported the strongest effects on their dreams. Results also indicated that women recall dreams more often than men, in addition to reporting higher emotional intensity, predominantly negative emotions, and a higher presence of sensory impressions. Finally, results of the Thematic Analysis of Elementary Contexts showed that adults’ dreams seem to be centered, above all, on both pleasant memories linked to experiences that are now forbidden (i.e., traveling, meeting friends) as well as on nightmares, while adolescents’ dreams focused on relationships with others. Finally, both adults and adolescents reported dreams related to the experience of home confinement, which they described in terms of the negative emotions they experienced. In sum, the findings of this study indicate that the COVID-19 lockdown measures, understood as a contextual and traumatic event, significantly affect people’s oneiric lives, regardless of age. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2021-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8451218/ /pubmed/34568105 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.536 Text en ©Copyright: the Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
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Dreaming during the COVID-19 lockdown: a comparison of Italian adolescents and adults
title Dreaming during the COVID-19 lockdown: a comparison of Italian adolescents and adults
title_full Dreaming during the COVID-19 lockdown: a comparison of Italian adolescents and adults
title_fullStr Dreaming during the COVID-19 lockdown: a comparison of Italian adolescents and adults
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title_short Dreaming during the COVID-19 lockdown: a comparison of Italian adolescents and adults
title_sort dreaming during the covid-19 lockdown: a comparison of italian adolescents and adults
topic SPECIAL ISSUE "Working on dreams, from psychotherapy to neuroscience"
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8451218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34568105
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.536
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