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标题：Exploring the Dreams of Women with Breast Cancer: Content and Meaning of Dreams
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作者：Teresa L DeCicco ; Tallulah Lyons ; Wendy Pannier 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Dream Research
电子版ISSN：1866-7953
出版年度：2010
卷号：3
期号：2
页码：104-110
DOI：10.11588/ijodr.2010.2.514
语种：English
出版社：Library of the University of Heidelberg
摘要：This study examined the dreams of 34 women, (17 who had been diagnosed with breast cancer and 17 who had not) and the meaning of their dreams via dream interpretation. Results were compared between those with breast cancer and those without. As expected, the women with breast cancer had dream imagery that specifically reflected their waking day experiences in relevant ways. Furthermore, the significant difference between the two groups provides support for the continuity hypothesis of dreaming. The women with breast cancer had significantly more medical figures, torso imagery, pain, disease reference, and death imagery in their dreams. When examining the meaning of the dreams with dream interpretation, the women with breast cancer had meaning pertinent to their waking life such as insight about their disease, medical events and figures, fear, and death. The women without breast cancer interpreted their dream imagery mainly to be about their romantic relationships, future, stress, family, and friends. This research illustrates that dream imagery is specific and relevant for women with and without breast cancer, and furthermore, that they make meaning of their dream imagery in beneficial ways. Implications and future directions are discussed in relation to dream imagery, interpretation of imagery, and breast cancer.
关键词：Breast Cancer;Dreams;Meaning;Content