Dreaming during lockdown: a quali-quantitative analysis of the Italian population dreams during the first COVID-19 pandemic wave

This study aims to explore the emotional experiences related to the lockdown during the first pandemic wave, analysing the dreams of the Italian population. Through an online survey spread throughout the country, participants completed the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), the Resilience...

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Published inResearch in psychotherapy (Milano). Vol. 24; no. 2; p. 547
Main Authors Borghi, Lidia, Bonazza, Federica, Lamiani, Giulia, Musetti, Alessandro, Manari, Tommaso, Filosa, Maria, Quattropani, Maria C., Lenzo, Vittorio, Freda, Maria Francesca, Lemmo, Daniela, Saita, Emanuela, Cattivelli, Roberto, Castelnuovo, Gianluca, Vegni, Elena, Franceschini, Christian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 24.08.2021
PAGEPress Publications
Subjects
COVID-19
distress
Dreams
general population
mental health
SPECIAL ISSUE "Working on dreams, from psychotherapy to neuroscience"
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Summary:This study aims to explore the emotional experiences related to the lockdown during the first pandemic wave, analysing the dreams of the Italian population. Through an online survey spread throughout the country, participants completed the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), the Resilience Scale (RS) and were asked to narrate a dream they had during the lockdown. The dreams were qualitatively analysed through the thematic content analysis. Logistic regression analyses were then conducted to verify the relationship among the categories that emerged and between these categories and the DASS-21 and RS scores. In the dreams 8 categories were identified (Places, Characters, Relationships, Actions, Danger, Death, Processes, and Emotions) composed of specific sub-categories, which seem to compose a sort of narrative structure of the dream. Some sub-categories were found to be predictor of depression and resilience or with exposure to COVID-19. Dreams can be a valid tool both to understand the experiences of the population during the pandemic and to evaluate those at risk of developing distress in clinical practice.
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Consent for publication: participants gave consent for publication.
Conflict of interests: the authors declare no potential conflict of interests. Availability of data and material: the data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author [LB] on request.
Citation: Borghi, L., Bonazza, F., Lamiani, G., Musetti, A., Manari, T., Filosa, M., Quattropani, M.C., Lenzo, V., Freda, M.F., Lemmo, D., Saita, E., Cattivelli, R., Castelnuovo, G., Vegni, E., & Franceschini, C. (2021). Dreaming during lockdown: a quali-quantitative analysis of the Italian population dreams during the first COVID-19 pandemic wave. Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome, 24(2), 200-211. doi: 10.4081/ripppo. 2021.547
Ethical approval and consent to participate: the study protocol was reviewed and approved by Ethics Committee of the Center for Research and Psychological Intervention (CERIP) of the University of Messina. Participants provided their written informed consent to participate in this study.
Contributions: LB and FB wrote the first draft of the study. CF, AM, LB contributed in the design of the study; all the authors contributed in the data collection; LB, FB, and GL performed qualitative and quantitative analyses. All the authors critically revised the manuscript and approved the final version.
ISSN:2499-7552
2239-8031
DOI:10.4081/ripppo.2021.547