What does nightmare distress mean? Factorial structure and psychometric properties of the nightmare distress questionnaire (NDQ)

Dreaming

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 279-289

  Böckermann, Max ^a   Gieselmann, Annika ^a   Pietrowsky, Reinhard ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nightmare; Nightmare distress; Nightmare related symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925807525     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037749     Document Type: Article

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