Table 1.
Dream Variables According to the Hall and Van de Castle Method Meaning
| Characters (%) | |
| Male/female | (total male characters)/(male characters + female characters) |
| Familiarity | (number of familiar characters)/(total familiar characters + total unfamiliar characters) |
| Friends | (known characters/all human characters) |
| Family | (family + relatives)/(familiar characters + unfamiliar characters) |
| Dead and imaginary | (number dead & imaginary)/(familiar characters + unfamiliar characters) |
| Animal | (total animal)/(total characters) |
| Social interaction (%) | |
| Aggression/friendliness | (number of aggressive interaction/total number of aggressive + friendly interaction) |
| Befriender | (dreamer as befriender)/(dreamer as befriender + dreamer as recipient) |
| Aggressor | (dreamer as aggressor)/(dreamer as aggressor + dreamer as victim) |
| Physical aggression | (physical aggression)/(total aggression) |
| Social interaction ratios | |
| A/C index | (total number of aggressions/total number of characters) |
| F/C index | (total number of friendliness interactions/total number of characters) |
| S/C index | (total number of sex interactions/total number of characters) |
| Self-concept (%) | |
| Self-negativity | (dreamer as viclim + dreamer involved in misfortune + dreamer involved in failure)/(dreamer as victim + dreamer involved in misfortune + dreamer involved in failure + dreamer as befriender + dreamer involved in good fortune + dreamer involved in success) |
| Bodily misfortunes | (bodily misfortune)/(all misfortunes) |
| Negative emotions | (negative emotions)/(negative emotions + positive emotions) |
| Dreamer-involved success | (dreamer-involved success)/(dreamer-involved success + dreamer- involved failures) |
| Dreams with at least one: | |
| Aggression | (dreams in which aggression occurs)/(number of dreams) |
| Friendliness | (dreams in which friendliness occurs)/(number of dreams) |
| Sexuality | (dreams in which sexuality occurs)/(number of dreams) |
| Misfortune | (dreams with misfortunes)/(number of dreams) |
| Good fortune | (number of dreams with good fortune)/(number of dreams) |
| Success | (number of dreams with success)/(number of dreams) |
| Failure | (number of dreams with failure)/(number of dreams) |
| Striving | (dreamer-involved successes + dreamer-involved failures)/(number of dreams) |