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Enhancing dream pleasure with senoi startegy
Author(s) -
Doyle Marie C.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198403)40:2<467::aid-jclp2270400214>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - dream , pleasure , psychology , psychological intervention , content (measure theory) , psychoanalysis , psychotherapist , psychiatry , mathematical analysis , mathematics
A strategy to increase pleasure and reduce displeasure in dreaming and dream‐related behaviors involved three skill sessions in which participants ( N = 63) practiced (a) positive expectations for content and outcome of dreams; (b) thought stopping for unpleasant dreams; and (c) self‐suggestion that dreams would be recalled and would be pleasant. Findings from pre‐and post‐survey schedules (pleasure and displeasure) and from a daily dream behavior check list showed that dreaming and behaviors associated with dreaming were significantly more pleasurable 12 weeks after the dream in terventions and maintenance of a daily dream record. A 6‐month follow‐up showed the changes to be still in effect.