The effects of dream rebound: Evidence for emotion-processing theories of dreaming
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Malinowski, J., Carr, Michelle, Edwards, Christopher, Ingarfill, Anya and Pinto, Alexandra 2019. The effects of dream rebound: Evidence for emotion-processing theories of dreaming. Journal of Sleep Research. 28 (Art. e12827). https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12827
Authors | Malinowski, J., Carr, Michelle, Edwards, Christopher, Ingarfill, Anya and Pinto, Alexandra |
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Abstract | Suppressing thoughts often leads to a “rebound” effect, both in waking cognition (thoughts) and in sleep cognition (dreams). Rebound may be influenced by the valence of the suppressed thought, but there is currently no research on the effects of valence on dream rebound. Further, the effects of dream rebound on subsequent emotional response to a suppressed thought have not been studied before. The present experiment aimed to investigate whether emotional valence of a suppressed thought affects dream rebound, and whether dream rebound subsequently influences subjective emotional response to the suppressed thought. Participants (N=77) were randomly assigned to a pleasant or unpleasant thought suppression condition, suppressed their target thought for five minutes pre-sleep every evening, reported the extent to they successfully suppressed the thought, and reported their dreams every morning, for seven days. It was found that unpleasant thoughts were more prone to dream rebound than pleasant thoughts. There was no effect of valence on the success or failure of suppression during wakefulness. Dream rebound and successful suppression were each found to have beneficial effects for subjective emotional response to both pleasant and unpleasant thoughts. The results may lend support for an emotion-processing theory of dream function. |
Journal | Journal of Sleep Research |
Journal citation | 28 (Art. e12827) |
ISSN | 0962-1105 |
Year | 2019 |
Publisher | Wiley for European Sleep Research Society |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Anyone |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12827 |
Web address (URL) | https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12827 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 12 Mar 2019 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 11 Jan 2019 |
Accepted | 20 Dec 2018 |
Accepted | 20 Dec 2018 |
Funder | University of East London |
University of East London | |
Copyright holder | © 2019 European Sleep Research Society |
Copyright information | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Malinowski, Josie E. and Carr, Michelle and Edwards, Christopher and Ingarfill, Anya and Pinto, Alexandra ‘The effects of dream rebound: Evidence for emotion-processing theories of dreaming’, Journal of Sleep Research, 28:e12827, which has been published in final form at: https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12827. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
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