eprintid: 14140 rev_number: 6 eprint_status: archive userid: 192 dir: disk0/00/01/41/40 datestamp: 2012-11-27 11:42:22 lastmod: 2022-07-18 01:23:21 status_changed: 2012-11-27 13:58:00 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: DeCicco, Teresa L creators_name: Donati, Donatella creators_name: Pini, Mauro title: Examining dream content and meaning of dreams with English and Italian versions of the storytelling method of dream interpretation ispublished: pub subjects: 300 divisions: 851200 keywords: TSM, dream therapy, Italians, Canadians abstract: This study extended previous research by comparing dream content and discovery passages from the dreams of Canadian and Italian patients who were undergoing psychodynamically-oriented psychotherapy.  Thirty Italians and 30 Canadians (17 males and 13 females) completed The Storytelling Method of Dream Interpretation in either Italian or English.  Dream and discovery content was analyzed via the Hall and Van de Castle method and then compared between the two groups, and, between genders.  Results support previous findings and provide new insight into the differences in both dreams and discovery between the two groups.  Results also support the hypothesis that The Storytelling Method is useful and appropriate for use in therapy with both Canadians and Italians in the English and Italian language. date: 2012 date_type: published id_scheme: ojs official_url: https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/IJoDR/article/view/9244 ppn_swb: 1446077861 own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-141400 language: eng bibsort: DECICCOTEREXAMININGD2012 full_text_status: none publication: International Journal of Dream Research volume: 5 number: 1 pagerange: 68-75 citation: DeCicco, Teresa L ; Donati, Donatella ; Pini, Mauro (2012) Examining dream content and meaning of dreams with English and Italian versions of the storytelling method of dream interpretation. International Journal of Dream Research, 5 (1). pp. 68-75.