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Dream sharing and the enhancement of empathy: Theoretical and applied implications.

Mark Blagrove Orcid Logo, Julia Lockheart, Michelle Carr, Shanice Basra, Harriet Graham, Hannah Lewis, Emily Murphy, Ausrine Sakalauskaite, Caitlin Trotman, Katja Valli

Dreaming, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 128 - 139

Swansea University Author: Mark Blagrove Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1037/drm0000165

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This study replicated and extended a previous finding that the discussion of dreams increases the level of empathy toward the dreamer from those with whom the dream is discussed. The study addressed mediating variables for the empathy effect. Participants were recruited in dyads who already knew eac...

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Published in: Dreaming
ISSN: 1053-0797 1573-3351
Published: American Psychological Association (APA) 2021
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description This study replicated and extended a previous finding that the discussion of dreams increases the level of empathy toward the dreamer from those with whom the dream is discussed. The study addressed mediating variables for the empathy effect. Participants were recruited in dyads who already knew each other and were assigned dream-sharer and discusser roles. Each dyad used the Ullman dream appreciation technique to explore the relationship of the sharer’s dreams to recent experiences in the sharer’s life, with a maximum of four dream discussions per dyad (mean length of dreams = 140.15 words, mean discussion length = 23.72 minutes). The empathy of each member of a dyad toward the other was assessed using a 12-item state empathy questionnaire. Forty-four participants (females = 26, males = 18, mean age = 26.70) provided empathy scores at baseline and after each dream discussion. For below median baseline empathy scorers, empathy of discussers toward their dream-sharer increased significantly as a result of the dream discussions, with medium effect size, η2 = 0.39. Dream-sharers had a non-significant increase in empathy toward their discusser. Change in empathy was not linear across successive discussions, and was not related to length of dream reports, nor length of discussions. These findings of post-sleep, social effects of dreaming, with possibly a group bonding function, go beyond theories of dreaming that have a within-sleep emotional or memory processing function for the individual.
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