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Project Title: International
Study of Pregnant Women's Dreams
Project Description
: We would like to invite you to participate in an international research
project on pregnant women's dreams. By examining your dreams and feelings
and those of other pregnant women, we hope to discover something new about
the meaning and significance of dreams and feelings during this particular
life change; and strive toward a better understanding of how to help with
possible difficulties and stresses that this experience might entail.
Participation in this research project involves writing down your dreams (one week/month during the pregnancy) and filling out questionnaires concerning your pregnancy and how you feel, as well as some background biographical information.
Requirements for participation are:
1) You have completed high school.
2) You are fluent in written English.
3) You are pregnant (first trimester, second trimester, or early in the third trimester).
4) You would be able to come to New York City for one initial meeting.
You do not need to recall your dreams every night to participate. Variation in dream recall is common and different levels of recall are welcome.
If you decide you might be interested in participating in this research, please send your name and telephone number to the e-mail address below, and indicate good times to reach you. We will then call you and further explain the study procedures and would also be pleased to answer any questions you might have about the investigation and your participation. If you agree to participate in the research, one of us (Pia Wigren)would meet with you and explain the process of your participation in our project in detail and answer any questions. You would receive the research materials and fill out the first form asking you how you feel.
After the investigation is completed one of us would be glad to share with you in a more complete fashion both the objectives and the results of the research. Your contribution will expand the information available to pregnant women everywhere, and help them to understand and prepare themselves better for the experience of pregnancy. We personally believe that your participation in this project could enrich an already unique experience in your life, and leave you with a collection of dreams as a special memory.
We wish you the best for your pregnancy and motherhood and would be
delighted to work with you.
Contact Information
: Pia Wigren, M.A. E-mail:
DreamResearch@aol.com
Phone: (212) 627 5112
About the Researcher
: We are four Swedish researchers. Dr. Jansson, MD; Dr. Robert, MD,
Jungian analyst; Dr. Wager, MD; and Ms. Wigren, Ph.D. candidate in Clinical
Psychology (her dissertation is a component of the international investigation
and she is responsible for contact with participants and data collection
in the US). Ms. Wigren is currently working with sleep and dream research
at the Dept. of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia
University in New York City. We have worked with dream research over ten
years, and have conducted a study of pregnant women's dreams in Sweden.
We now wish to extend our pregnancy research to other countries as well.
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