Incidence of Having Dreamed and Conservative Political Attitudes

Abstract

The association of political attitudes of conservatives and reports of their having had a dream was investigated. 48 female graduate students in counseling psychology were given the KJP Dream Inventory and the Kerlinger Social Attitude Scale II. Scores on conservative political attitudes were positively correlated with having had Dreams of Falling (.40), Dream Discontentedness (.31), Dreams of Being Chased (.40), and Dreams of Being Famous (.30). Negative correlations were observed between scores showing a conservative political tendency and scores on Openness (−.35), and Uninhibitedness (−.50), as well as incidence of Dreams of Sex (−.29). The character of conservative dreaming is discussed along with the study's relevance to past and subsequent issues in research.