Attitudes Toward Dreams Scale

Are you a real dreamer? Or are you a realist? Here’s your chance to find out.

By Mark Travers, Ph.D. | May 10, 2024

Dreams can offer profound insights into our subconscious, influencing our emotions and decisions in waking life. Understanding these influences can unlock personal growth and emotional clarity. The Mannheim Dream Questionnaire was developed to delve into the complexities of dreams, including their frequency, content and impact.

The "Attitudes Toward Dreams" section of the Mannheim Dream Questionnaire specifically assesses your feelings and beliefs about dreams. It includes 8 carefully crafted items, each used to quantify how strongly you feel about your dreams—such as their importance, their impact on your life and your interest in them.

By understanding your attitude towards dreams, you can gain insights into how they influence your waking thoughts and emotions. This subscale is a valuable tool for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of their own subconscious mind and its manifestations in dreams.

You can take this test here. Please follow all of the steps to receive your results.

Step 1: Rate the following statements based on how much you agree with them on a scale of strongly disagree to strongly agree.

1. I attribute a lot of meaning to my dreams.

2. I have a very strong interest in dreams.

3. I think that dreams are meaningful.

4. I want to know more about dreams.

5. If somebody can recall and interpret their dreams, their life will be enriched.

6. I think that dreaming is in general a very interesting phenomenon.

7. A person who reflects on their dreams is certainly able to learn more about themselves.

8. I think that dreams provide impulses or pointers for my waking life.

Step 2: Enter your age, gender, region, and first name so we can provide you with a detailed report that compares your test scores to people similar to you.

What is your age?

What is your gender?

What region of the world do you live in?

What is your first name?

Step 3: Check to make sure you've provided answers to all of the statements/questions above. Once you've done that, click the button below to send your responses to Awake Therapy's Lead Psychologist, Mark Travers, Ph.D. He will provide you with an overview of how you scored relative to others (all answers are anonymized and confidential to protect users' privacy). He can also answer any follow-up questions you may have.

References: Schredl, M., Berres, S., Klingauf, A., Schellhaas, S., & Göritz, A. S. (2014). The Mannheim Dream Questionnaire (MADRE): Retest reliability, age and gender effects. International Journal of Dream Research, 7(2), 141–147.