Poster 14

Relationship Between Stress and Quality of Dreams

Erin Muttel

This research has been conducted to test the hypothesis that dream quality and frequency of dream quality is correlated with the self-reported stress levels of an individual. Research relating to this hypothesis that has been conducted previously has shown that an individual that deals with a measured higher level of stress in their daily life is more likely to experience a higher frequency of lower quality dreams that can be defined using the term nightmares. Higher stress levels have been shown to either be caused from a person's daily routine of everyday life or from a recently experienced traumatic event. The analysis of the collected data from this study suggests that personal stressors and stress levels may have an impact on dream qualities. In replication of past research, I gathered a convenience sample of 107 participants who have participated in an online survey that contained two different self-reporting, interval scales measuring their stress levels and dream quality and frequency.

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