Variety and intensity of emotions in nightmares and bad dreams

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 249-254

  Zadra, Antonio ^a   Pilon, Mathieu ^a   Donderi, Don C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Definition of nightmares; Diagnostic criteria; Dreams; Emotions; Nightmares

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DREAM; EMOTION; FEAR; FRUSTRATION; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NIGHTMARE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DREAMS; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NIGHT TERRORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECORDS; TERMINOLOGY; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33646438687     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000207359.46223.dc     Document Type: Article

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