title: Ratio of male and female characters in a dream series.
abstract: The present study investigated the change in gender ratio of dream characters in relation to the dreamer's environment in waking-life and found a preponderance of male characters in the subject's dream while living in a 'male' environment which was not present while living in a 'female' environment. The results support the continuity hypothesis of dreaming and stress the importance of situational factors rather than personality factors in the explanation of the gender ratio of dream characters.
authors.affiliation: Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schredl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacob
mesh_terms: D004325:Dreams / Q000145:classification* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology