Dreams and Bereavement

Investigation of the Links Between Waking-life and Dream Content in the Case of the Death of a Close Relative

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03107403

Acronym

DreamDeath

Enrollment

Registered

2017-04-11

Start date

2018-10-09

Completion date

2023-04-09

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Healthy Subjects

Keywords

dreams bereavement, emotional, regulation, bereavement

Brief summary

The aim of the study is to investigate a possible role of dreaming in emotion regulation testing whether dreaming of a close relative recently deceased is correlated with a positive evolution of the bereavement process

Interventions

BEHAVIORALweb form

The scale assessing the bereavement process is the one reported in Teissier 2010

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* age \> or = 18 years old * the death of a close relative in the last 3 months

Exclusion criteria

\- history of psychiatric and neurologic disease

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Frequency of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process	Day 1

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Content of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process	Day 1

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026