?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Biases+in+the+relationship+between+dream+threats+and+level+of+anxiety+upon+awakening&rft.creator=Saez-Uribarri%2C+I%C3%B1igo&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=Objectives%3A%0D%0AControlling+report+length+in+dream+content+analysis+comprises+a+significant+methodological+problem.+Individual+differences+occur+in+report+length+which+can+influence+category+coding+and+rating+scales.+Differences+are+also+found+in+dream+content+by+sex+and+age.+The+aim+of+this+study+is+to+determine+the+bias+of+certain+variables+in+dream+content+analysis+when+using+rating+scales%2C+coding+systems+and+questionnaires.+As+such%2C+an+evaluation+was+performed+of+the+bias+of+these+variables+on+the+relationship+between+anxiety+upon+awakening%2C+social+threats+(ST)+and+terrifying+threats+(TT)+established+in+a+previous+study.%0D%0AMethods%3A+The+sample+consisted+of+215+dreams+collected+in+dreamers'+homes+(63+belonged+to+men+and+152+to+women).+The+dreamer's+level+of+anxiety+upon+awakening+was+assessed+with+the+CEAD.+The+level+of+social+and+terrifying+threats+in+the+content+of+the+dreams+was+also+assessed.+Other+variables+entered+into+the+analysis+were+sex%2C+age%2C+dream+length%2C+number+of+hours+before+answering+the+questionnaire%2C+number+of+hours'+sleep+and+the+frequency+with+which+the+dreamer+suffers+nightmares.%0D%0AResults%3A%0D%0AUse+of+the+Mann+Whitney+U+found+significant+differences+by+sex+in+the+dreamer's+nightmare+frequency+(z%3D-2.53+p%3D.011)%2C+in+terrifying+threats+in+the+dream+(z%3D-2.03+p%3D+.042)+and+by+dream+time+(z%3D-2.51+p%3D.012).+The+Spearman+Rho+correlation+coefficient+indicated+a+positive+relationship+between+anxiety+upon+awakening+and+nightmare+frequency+(Rho%3D.26+p%3C.001).+Social+and+terrifying+threats+were+also+positively+correlated+with+word+count+and+the+number+of+dream+characters+(Rho%3D.37+p%3C.001%2C+Rho%3D.17+p%3D.010).+Both+anxiety+upon+awakening+and+social+and+terrifying+threats+were+negatively+correlated+with+the+age+of+the+dreamer+(RhoCEAD-AGE%3D-.20+p%3D.006%2C+RhoST-AGE%3D-.30+p%3C.001%2C+RhoTT-AGE%3D-.37+p%3C.001).+Possible+biases+due+to+sex%2C+age%2C+word+count+and+the+number+of+characters+were+statistically+controlled+by+means+of+partial+correlation.+Through+the+use+of+partial+correlations%2C+the+significance+between+anxiety+upon+awakening%2C+social+threats+and+terrifying+threats+in+the+dream+was+observed+to+be+maintained+(rCEAD-TS%3D.17+p%3D.025%2C+rCEAD-TT%3D.19+p%3D.011).%0D%0AConclusion%3A%0D%0AThe+sex%2C+age+of+the+dreamer%2C+the+report+word+count+and+the+number+of+dream+characters+must+be+controlled+in+research+into+dream+content.+In+addition%2C+after+eliminating+these+biases%2C+a+significant+relationship+was+confirmed+between+threats+which+appear+in+the+dream+and+the+dreamer's+level+of+anxiety+upon+awakening.&rft.date=2012-09-06&rft.type=Conference+Poster&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8268%2F1%2FDream%2520threats%2520and%2520level%2520of%2520anxiety.pdf&rft.identifier=++Saez-Uribarri%2C+I%C3%B1igo++(2012)+Biases+in+the+relationship+between+dream+threats+and+level+of+anxiety+upon+awakening.++%5BConference+Poster%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8268%2F