Dream–reality confusion (DRC) is a difficulty or an impossibility to determine whether an event or an experience took place during wakefulness or if it was the content of a dream. The main goal of the present study was to explore characteristics of participants from the general population who often/very often experience DRC in comparison with those who never/almost never experience it. Altogether, 82 participants were investigated with a set of questionnaires. Results of the study indicate that individuals prone to DRC—in comparison with those who rarely or do not at all experience DRC—more often experience various sleep-related phenomena, and they also have higher neuroticism, thinner boundaries, higher dream recall frequency, and more involved attitudes toward dreams. Furthermore, some trends were revealed, suggesting that high level of borderline personality disorder features, fantasy proneness, and dissociative symptoms may be related to higher probability of experiencing DRC. The limitations of the study and future research directions were also discussed.

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梦与现实混淆的现象学：一项定量研究。

梦与现实混淆 (DRC) 是一种难以或不可能确定事件或经历是否发生在清醒期间或是否是梦的内容。本研究的主要目标是探索经常/经常经历 DRC 的一般人群与从未/几乎从未经历过的人相比的特征。总共有 82 名参与者接受了一组问卷调查。研究结果表明，与那些很少或根本没有经历过 DRC 的人相比，容易发生 DRC 的人更经常经历各种与睡眠相关的现象，而且他们也有更高的神经质、更薄的界限、更高的梦境回忆频率和对梦想的更多参与态度。此外，还揭示了一些趋势，表明高水平的边缘型人格障碍特征、幻想倾向和分离症状可能与更高的经历 DRC 的可能性有关。还讨论了研究的局限性和未来的研究方向。