title: The Multidimensional Dream Inventory: preliminary evidence for validity and reliability.
abstract: The present study focused on the development of the Multidimensional Dream Inventory, an individual difference measure of dimensions of dreams. Items were administered to 151 college students. Consistent with expectations, results of an exploratory factor analysis of intercorrelations among items indicated a four-factor solution was appropriate. As a result, four dream-relevant scales were constructed, viz, Dream Importance, Dream Vividness, Dream Usefulness, and Dream Recall. In addition, these scales showed good internal consistency for research. Implications and uses for the Multidimensional Dream Inventory were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights 41099, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Kallmeyer
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004325:Dreams / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires