The problem of dream content analysis validity as shown by a bizarreness scale

Sleep and Hypnosis

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 129-135

  Schredl, Michael ^a   Erlacher, Daniel ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dream content; Dream recall frequency; Reliability; Stability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIZARRENESS SCALE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DREAM; DREAMING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RECALL; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0042415141     PISSN: 13021192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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