[Adaptation to Spanish and cross-cultural interpretation of the scale of lucidity and awareness in the subjects (Lucidity and Consciousness in Dreams scale)].
Stella Maris Valiensi, Cecilia Raffaelli, Roberto Rosler, Gustavo Hernan Izbizky
Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina) March 8, 2022 DOI: 10.31053/1853.0605.v79.n1.32492 via PubMed
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractA Spanish-language adaptation of the Lucidity and Consciousness in Dreams Scale (LuCID) was developed and tested in 216 adults aged 18–76 from Argentina and Mexico. The scale measures dream control, introspection, positive and negative emotion, dissociation, memory, thoughts, and realism. Of the respondents, 56 individuals (24.5%) scored high enough to indicate lucid dreaming. The adapted scale detected lucid dreamers at a rate of nearly one-third of the sample and requires further validation in a selected lucid-dreamer population.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Cross-sectional study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 216 |
| Population | Adults from Argentina and Mexico |
| Keywords | Lucid dreams Insomnia Scale |
| Key finding | The Spanish adaptation of the LuCID scale detected lucid dreamers in 24.5% of the sample. |
Abstract
It is called lucid dreaming, when the dreamer is aware that he is dreaming and can control the dream content. We lack Spanish-speaking tools that assess the presence of lucid dreams, so our objectives were to carry out the adaptation to Spanish and cross-cultural interpretation of the Lucidity and Consciousness in Dreams Scale (LuCID) and to evaluate the presence of lucid dreamers. Cross-sectional study, carried out by means of translation and retro-translation of the LuCID scale. The ethics committee approved it with number 3359. 220 surveys, N = 216 were chosen. Age of subjects who completed: 18-76 (mean: 47) years. Women: n = 146 women. Countries: Argentina and Mexico were the ones that mostly participated. The mean and standard deviation of the analyzed subscales were: control: 2.82 / 1.1; introspection: 2.79 / 1.1; positive emotion: 2.66 / 1.3; dissociation: 2.62 / 1.3; memory: 2.51 / 1.1; thoughts: 2.44 / 1.3; realism: 2.34 / 1.2; negative emotion: 2.22 / 1.3. Of those surveyed, 56 individuals (24.5%) presented higher scores on the subscales for lucid dream diagnosis. The transcultural adaptation and interpretation of the lucidity and consciousness in dreams scale (LuCID) was carried out, which allowed us to detect almost a third of lucid dreamers. This scale should be validated in a select population of lucid dreamers for use.