Finding Meaning in Dreams: A Quantitative Approach

by G.William Domhoff

Overview

Distinguished psychologist G. William Domhoff brings together-for the first time-all the necessary tools needed to perform quantitative studies of dream content using the rigorous system developed by Calvin S. Hall and Robert van de Castle. The book contains a comprehensive review of the literature, detailed coding rules, normative findings, and statistical tables.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306451720
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	05/31/1996
Series:	Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy
Edition description:	1996
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.35(d)

Table of Contents

1. The Scientific Study of Dream Content.- 2. The Hall/Van de Castle System of Content Analysis.- 3. The Quality of the Data.- 4. Nonnative Findings on American College Students.- 5. Age Differences in Dream Reports.- 6. Cross-Cultural Studies of Dream Content.- 7. Consistency and Change in Long Dream Series.- 8. The Continuity between Dreams and Waking Life in Individuals and Groups.- 9. The Repetition Dimension in Dreams and Waking Cognition.- Appendix A. Coding Rules for the Hall/Van de Castle System of Quantitative Dream Content Analysis.- The Classification and Coding of Characters.- The Classification and Scoring of Social Interactions.- The Classification and Coding of Activities.- The Classification and Coding of Striving: Success and Failure.- The Classification and Coding of Misfortunes and Good Fortunes.- The Classification and Coding of Emotions.- The Classification and Coding of Physical Surroundings.- The Classification and Coding of Descriptive Elements.- Two Quasi-Theoretical Scales: Food and Eating and Elements from the Past.- Appendix B. The Coding of a Sample Dream Series.- Dream 1.- Dream 2.- Dream 3.- Dream 4.- Dream 5.- Dream 6.- Dream 7.- Dream 8.- Dream 9.- Dream 10.- Appendix C. Instructions for Reporting Dreams in Written Form.- Instructions for Obtaining “Most Recent Dreams”.- Appendix D. Statistical Appendix.- Determining and Understanding Effect Size: h.- Determining Significance Levels.- Determining Confidence Intervals.- Conclusion.- Appendix E. Normative Tables.- References.

Editorial Reviews

‘The best single account ever written of dream-content research....this book is one that no one with even a passing interest in dream phenomena can afford to miss.'
David Foulkes

‘Written in a clear style...the chapters are well rounded with conclusions that integrate the most important results and relationships. Calvin Hall would have been delighted reading this book, which has convincingly continued and developed his ingenious work.'
Dreaming, December 1997

From the Publisher

Comprises a sourcebook containing the studies, methods, norms, and statistics needed to perform quantitative studies on dream content. The author presents empirical findings and theoretical ideas derived from the rigorous coding system developed in the 1960s by pioneering psychologists Calvin S. Hall and Robert Van De Castle. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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