Behavioral Effects of Nightmares and Their Correlations to Personality Patterns

Dreaming

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-52

  Köthe, Martina ^a   Pietrowsky, Reinhard ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Live events; Mood; Nightmares; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035637434     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009468517557     Document Type: Article

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