The Dream Incident Technique as a Measure of Unresolved Problems

The Dream Incident Technique is a psychometric technique that uses dream associations as its basic data. The scales of the DIT are believed to provide information about unresolved problems on a level below that of full conscious awareness. The paper discusses factor analyses of the Technique; data c...

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Published inJournal of personality assessment Vol. 42; no. 6; pp. 583 - 591
Main Authors Robbins, Paul R., Tanck, Roland H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc 01.12.1978
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, etc
Subjects
Association
Dreams
Humans
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Psychoanalytic Therapy - methods
Psychometrics
Psychophysiologic Disorders - diagnosis
Self-Assessment
Unconscious (Psychology)
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Summary:The Dream Incident Technique is a psychometric technique that uses dream associations as its basic data. The scales of the DIT are believed to provide information about unresolved problems on a level below that of full conscious awareness. The paper discusses factor analyses of the Technique; data concerning its reliability and studies which offer some support for the validity of the Technique.
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ISSN:0022-3891
1532-7752
DOI:10.1207/s15327752jpa4206_5