Themes involving ego-centered concerns—such as performing very badly or failing at something, being blamed or punished, and blaming something on someone—are common in dreams. This study examined the extent to which dream themes characteristic of ego-centered concerns could be accounted for by Taoist orientation, with consideration of self-perceived adversity and locus of control. The sample contained 242 participants, 111 university students and 131 nonstudent participants. Participants’ incidence of dreaming of ego-centered concerns, Taoist orientation, and locus of control was measured using the Dream Motif Scale; the Ego-Grasping Orientation Scale; and the Internality, Powerful Others, and Chance Scales, respectively. The results suggest that the incidence of dreaming of ego-centered concerns is associated positively with the experience of chronic adversity and negatively with Taoist orientation. In addition, people who have left school, as compared with students, are more Taoist-oriented and are more inclined toward an internal locus of control. It seems that cultivating a Taoist lifestyle may help mitigate psychological distress springing from the ego-dominated perspective.

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放开自我：梦到以自我为中心的担忧是逆境、道家取向和控制点的函数。

涉及以自我为中心的担忧的主题——例如表现非常糟糕或在某事上失败、被指责或惩罚，以及将某事归咎于某人——在梦中很常见。本研究考察了以自我为中心的梦想主题特征在多大程度上可以通过道家取向来解释，并考虑到自我感知的逆境和控制点。样本包含 242 名参与者、111 名大学生和 131 名非学生参与者。使用梦母题量表测量参与者做梦的以自我为中心的担忧、道家取向和控制点的发生率；自我把握取向量表；分别是内在性、强大的他人和机会量表。结果表明，梦到以自我为中心的担忧的发生率与长期逆境的经历呈正相关，而与道家取向呈负相关。此外，与学生相比，辍学的人更偏向于道家，更倾向于内部控制。似乎培养一种道家生活方式可能有助于减轻从自我主导的角度产生的心理困扰。