The Effects of Lucid Dreaming and Nightmares on Sleep Quality and Mental Health Outcomes
Our results suggest that nightmares alone explain associations between lucid dreaming and poor sleep quality, anxiety symptoms, and stress. However, both nightmares and the combination of nightmares and lucid dreaming are associated with increased depressive symptoms.
Authors
- Michelle Carr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0399-0196)
- Westley Youngren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0259-8689)
- Wilfred R. Pigeon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5753-7840)
- Martin Seehuus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0068-1489)
- Raphaëlle Semin
- Emma Angle
Institutions
- University of Vermont (US)
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs (US)
- Middlebury College (US)
- University of Rochester Medical Center (US)
- Canandaigua VA Medical Center (US)
- Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (CA)
- Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CA)
- Canadian Sleep & Circadian Network (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- University of Missouri–Kansas City (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Behavioral Sleep Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2024.2423297
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.06