title: Perinatal loss, trauma, and dream reports.
abstract: This study investigated correlations among dream characteristics and measures of trauma and perinatal bereavement as reported by women who have experienced perinatal loss. 37 women who had experienced perinatal loss were randomly selected from a perinatal support group and administered the Impact of Event Scale, the Perinatal Grief Scale, and the KJP Dream Inventory. Scores on the Impact of Events Scale (IES) correlated with Emotional Pain (.41), Despair (.37), Dreams of Death (.31), Dreams of Water (-.29), and Dreams of Being Famous (-.36). Subjects who reported higher Social Support and Emotional Expressiveness throughout their trauma showed lower scores on IES Total scores (-.52), Despair (-.62), and reported dreaming more in color (.41). Results are discussed in terms of the hypothesized role dreams may play in the grief-recovery process.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Division of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA.
authors.forename: Jerry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kroth
authors.forename: Marylynne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hallgren
authors.forename: Emilyann
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: LeGrue
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scalise
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001601:Bereavement; D003643:Death; D004325:Dreams; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012944:Social Support; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires