We seek to open a discussion on the phenomenon of shared or mutual dreams. We provide a descriptive content analysis of a nonrandom sample of reports of mutual dreaming. Bracketing claims that mutual dreams are veridical, we assess the hypothesis that mutual dreams are associated with attempts to enhance emotional attachment relationships. Content analyses of 102 mutual dream narratives are studied. Mutual dream reporters were 24% male, 37% female, and 38% unspecified. Mutual dreamers (person reported to have shared the dream with the primary reporter) were 36% male, 57% female, and 7% unspecified. Ninety-two percent of mutual dreams were between 2 people. Twenty-seven percent of these were between friends, 42% relatives, 27% significant others, and 4% nonfamiliar people. Dreamers did not typically speak together during the dream and 48% had the dream while in different locations. Mean similarity ratings for dream settings, themes, characters, events, and objects were all above 4.0 where 5.0 indicated identical content. Mean intimacy ratings between the 2 dreamers was 3.16 where 6 indicated the highest intimacy. The most frequent themes concerned family and friendship relationships. Mutual dreams tend to occur in close dyadic relationships, be very similar in content, and occur when related dreamers are separated and not feeling very intimate. “Noticing” or constructing mutual dreams may therefore be related to a need for emotional closeness or attachment in relationships.

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相互做梦。

我们寻求就共享或共同梦想的现象展开讨论。我们提供了对相互做梦报告的非随机样本的描述性内容分析。括号声称共同的梦想是真实的，我们评估了共同的梦想与增强情感依恋关系的尝试相关的假设。研究了102个相互梦想叙事的内容分析。共同做梦的记者有 24% 的男性、37% 的女性和 38% 未指明的。共同做梦者（据报道与主要记者分享了梦想的人）为 36% 的男性、57% 的女性和 7% 未指明的。92% 的共同梦想发生在两个人之间。其中 27% 是朋友之间，42% 是亲戚，27% 是重要的其他人，4% 是不熟悉的人。做梦的人在做梦时通常不会一起说话，48% 的人做梦是在不同的地方。梦境设置、主题、人物、事件和物体的平均相似度评分均高于 4.0，其中 5.0 表示内容相同。两个做梦者之间的平均亲密度评分为 3.16，其中 6 表示最高亲密度。最常见的主题涉及家庭和友谊关系。相互的梦往往发生在密切的二元关系中，内容非常相似，并且发生在相关的梦者分开并且感觉不是很亲密时。因此，“注意到”或构建共同的梦想可能与关系中对情感亲密或依恋的需求有关。0 表示相同的内容。两个做梦者之间的平均亲密度评分为 3.16，其中 6 表示最高亲密度。最常见的主题涉及家庭和友谊关系。相互的梦往往发生在密切的二元关系中，内容非常相似，并且发生在相关的梦者分开并且感觉不是很亲密时。因此，“注意到”或构建共同的梦想可能与关系中对情感亲密或依恋的需求有关。0 表示相同的内容。两个做梦者之间的平均亲密度评分为 3.16，其中 6 表示最高亲密度。最常见的主题涉及家庭和友谊关系。相互的梦往往发生在密切的二元关系中，内容非常相似，并且发生在相关的梦者分开并且感觉不是很亲密时。因此，“注意”或构建共同的梦想可能与关系中对情感亲密或依恋的需求有关。