摘要：The purpose of the study was to identify how influential waking day stress; personality; and emotions can be on the frequency and distress of nightmares. It was hypothesized that higher ratings of waking day stress; neuroticism; and negative emotions would be associated with increased frequency and distress of nightmares. Participants included 52 individuals who filled out questionnaires such as the Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen; Kamarck; & Mermelstein; 1983) and the Big Five Inventory (John & Srivastava; 1999). The study found that waking day stress; neuroticism; and negative emotions were significantly positively correlated with nightmare distress. In contrast; extraversion was significantly negatively associated with nightmare frequency; whereas openness to experience had a significant positive correlation with nightmare frequency. This study used self-report data in order to understand which aspects of waking day life can have an impact on nightmare frequency and distress. Limitations and future directions are also addressed.
