| Abstrakt: |
The aim of this study is to review the available findings on dreaming during the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, we explored the PsycINFO, Cochrane, EBSCOhost, EMBASE, Google Scholar, PubMed, Pro-Quest Medical, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Web of Science electronic databases, as well as the medRxiv.org, psyarxiv.com, and arXiv.org preprints servers. We input the search terms 'dream(s)', 'dreaming', 'nightmare(s)', as associated with the additional terms 'COVID-19', '2019-nCoV', '2019 coronavirus', 'Wuhan coronavirus', '2019 novel coronavirus', 'SARS-CoV-2', and/or 'pandemic'. Thirty-nine papers (from a total pool of 57,802 participants from over eighty-six countries) were thus included in this systematic research literature review on dreaming during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results showed the following: women remember dreams and nightmares with more thick description, and they report the longest and most emotionally negative dreams; younger subjects, such as adolescents and young adults, have the dreams most affected by the pandemic; and, finally, the dreams of participants who came into direct contact with COVID-19 are characterized by a higher emotional intensity. We also describe the most frequent qualitative and quantitative characteristics of dreams and nightmares. Taken together, the results of this systematic research literature review highlight the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on dreaming, by showing how this traumatic event has been reflected in dream life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
