TY - JOUR AU - Black, Joshua AU - DeCicco, Teresa AU - Seeley, Corrine AU - Murkar, Anthony AU - Black, Jade AU - Fox, Patrick PY - 2016/10/24 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Dreams of the deceased: Can themes be reliability coded? JF - International Journal of Dream Research JA - ijodr VL - 9 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.11588/ijodr.2016.2.28117 UR - https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/IJoDR/article/view/28117 SP - 110-114 AB - <p>The main goal of the current study was to determine the reliability of Garfield’s (1996) dream themes of the deceased in a larger sample of dream data. A total of 76 dreams were collected and scored by two judges to determine inter-rater reliability. It was found that Garfield’s (1996) dream themes as a whole where not reliable. However, based on her previous work and others, eight new dream themes of the deceased were developed. It was found that these themes had acceptable inter-rater reliability. This research is a necessary step forward in dreams in bereavement research. </p> ER -