Snovi u vrijeme pandemije COVID-19 i karantene

master's thesis

• Title (english): Dreams during COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine
• Author: Mirna Babić
• Mentor: Nataša Jokić-Begić (mentor)
• Committee member: Željka Kamenov (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Inja Erceg (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Psychology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-06-01, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Clinical and Health Psychology

Abstract

U veljači 2020. godine čitav svijet je zahvatila pandemija COVID-19 virusa. U isto vrijeme, glavni grad Hrvatske pogodio je jedan od najvećih potresa u posljednjih sto godina na tom području. Cilj istraživanja bio je istražiti kako su se navedene nepogode odrazile na sadržaj snova sudionika, te na emocionalni ton snova i čestinu noćnih mora. Jedan od problema odnosio se na razlike sudionika u emocionalnom tonu snova i čestini noćnih mora prema varijablama roda, dobi, razine obrazovanja i razine briga povezanih s pandemijom. Drugi problem odnosio se na utvrđivanje povezanosti sadržaja snova s emocionalnim tonom snova, čestinom noćnih mora i razinom briga vezanih za COVID. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 648 sudionika (85.3% žena). Razina COVID-19 briga mjerena je skraćenim upitnikom Brige vezane za COVID-19 (CAS-5 items), a za procjenu emocionalnog tona snova i čestine noćnih mora korištene su neke čestice Mannheim upitnika o snovima (MADRE). Opisi snova dobiveni su putem otvorenog pitanja gdje se sudionike tražilo da opišu neki svoj nedavni san. Rezultati su pokazali da su osobe mlađe dobi, niže razine obrazovanja i umjerene razine COVID briga imale negativniji emocionalni ton snova, a osobe ženskog roda, mlađe dobi, niže razine obrazovanja te umjerene i visoke razine COVID briga su imale češće noćne more. Pojava pojmova povezanih s COVID-om u opisima snova sudionika nije bila značajno povezana s emocionalnim tonom snova ni razinom COVID briga, ali je bila povezana s čestinom noćnih mora. Opisi snova sadrže manje pojmova povezanih s COVID-om od očekivanog. Pojmovi povezani s poslom pojavljuju se u jednakoj mjeri kao i COVID pojmovi i to pretežito u negativnom kontekstu.

Abstract (english)

In February 2020, the entire world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Around this time, the Croatian capital was hit by one of the largest earthquakes in this area in the last hundred years. The aim of this study was to examine how these disasters affected the content of the participants' dreams, as well as the emotional tone of dreams and the frequency of nightmares. One of the problems concerned the difference in the emotional tone of dreams and the frequency of nightmares in participants categorized by certain demographic variables: gender, age, level of education and a variable called concerns about COVID-19. Another problem concerned determining the relationship between dream content and the emotional tone of dreams, the frequency of nightmares and the level of COVID-related concerns. The study involved 648 participants (85.3% women). The level of COVID-19 concerns was measured by the abbreviated version of the questionnaire Concerns related to COVID-19 (CAS-5 items) and some items of the Mannheim Dream Questionnaire (MADRE) were used to assess the emotional tone of dreams and the frequency of nightmares. Descriptions of dreams were obtained through an open-ended question where participants were asked to describe one of their recent dreams. The results showed that younger participants, participants with a lower level of education and participants who expressed a moderate level of COVID concerns had more negative emotional tone of dreams, and female participants, younger participants, participants with a lower level of education and the ones who expressed moderate and high levels of COVID concerns had more frequent nightmares. Appearance of COVID-related terms in participants’ dream descriptions was not significantly related to the emotional tone of dreams or the level of COVID concerns but was related to the frequency of nightmares. Dream descriptions contained fewer COVID-related terms than expected. Job-related terms appeared with similar frequency as COVID terms, mostly in a negative context.

• Keywords: COVID-19; karantena; snovi; noćne more
• Keywords (english): COVID-19; quarantine; dreams; nightmares
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:638221
• Study programme: Title: Psychology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra psihologije (magistar/magistra psihologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-06-07 20:13:11