Personality and dream recall frequency: Further negative findings

On the basis of previous findings of dream recall frequency being associate d with thin boundariness and sensitivity we assessed the association betwee n DRF and variables that appear related to these two measures. Data from 93 participants (47 males, 46 females, mean age 21.3 yrs., SD = 3.5) show: th at dream recall frequency (DRF) correlates marginally with neuroticism (r = .20) and interrogative suggestibility (r = .21), the latter result indicat ing that DRF obtained by questionnaire may be subject to demand bias. DRF h ad very low correlations with various other personality variables (need for cognition, personal locus of control, hypochondriasis, morningness-evening ness), and with narrative memory, confabulation of narrative memory, and ha bitual sleep length. DRF correlated positively with POMS elated (-depressed ) for males (r = .31) but negatively for females (r = -.19), this significa nt difference in correlations may be due to sex differences in DRF in respo nse to stress. The frequent findings of small or nonsignificant correlation s between DRF and personality are discussed ill terms of similar low correl ations in personality psychology, but we conclude that DRF is usually sampl ed adequately, and that the results of no simple relationship with personal ity (except boundariness, creativity and positive attitude towards dreams) are therefore robust and may indicate that dream recall is mainly determine d physiologically.