Distinguished psychologist G. William Domhoff brings together-for the first time-all the necessary tools needed to perform quantitative studies of dream content using the rigorous system developed by Calvin S. Hall and Robert van de Castle. The book contains a comprehensive review of the literature, detailed coding rules, normative findings, and statistical tables.

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1. The Scientific Study of Dream Content.- 2. The Hall/Van de Castle System of Content Analysis.- 3. The Quality of the Data.- 4. Nonnative Findings on American College Students.- 5. Age Differences in Dream Reports.- 6. Cross-Cultural Studies of Dream Content.- 7. Consistency and Change in Long Dream Series.- 8. The Continuity between Dreams and Waking Life in Individuals and Groups.- 9. The Repetition Dimension in Dreams and Waking Cognition.- Appendix A. Coding Rules for the Hall/Van de Castle System of Quantitative Dream Content Analysis.- The Classification and Coding of Characters.- The Classification and Scoring of Social Interactions.- The Classification and Coding of Activities.- The Classification and Coding of Striving: Success and Failure.- The Classification and Coding of Misfortunes and Good Fortunes.- The Classification and Coding of Emotions.- The Classification and Coding of Physical Surroundings.- The Classification and Coding of Descriptive Elements.- Two Quasi-Theoretical Scales: Food and Eating and Elements from the Past.- Appendix B. The Coding of a Sample Dream Series.- Dream 1.- Dream 2.- Dream 3.- Dream 4.- Dream 5.- Dream 6.- Dream 7.- Dream 8.- Dream 9.- Dream 10.- Appendix C. Instructions for Reporting Dreams in Written Form.- Instructions for Obtaining Most Recent Dreams.- Appendix D. Statistical Appendix.- Determining and Understanding Effect Size: h.- Determining Significance Levels.- Determining Confidence Intervals.- Conclusion.- Appendix E. Normative Tables.- References.