The Relationships Between Dream Content and Physical Health, Mood, and Self-Construal

Dreaming

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 127-139

  King, David B ^a   DeCicco, Teresa L ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

continuity hypothesis; dreams; health; mood; self construal

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048933598     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1053-0797.17.3.127     Document Type: Article

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