Dreams: Norms for Friendliness

Friendliness

	Male		Female
	f	%	f	%
Dreams in which fri. occurs	191	38%	211	42%
Total friendliness	249	100%	308	100%
Dreamer-involved friendliness	224	90%	258	84%
Witnessed friendliness	25	10%	50	16%
Dreamer as befriender	102	46%	106	41%
Dreamer as recipient	101	45%	119	46%
Dreamer as reciprocal	6	03%	3	01%
Dreamer mutual	15	07%	10	04%
Dreamer self-friendliness	0	00%	0	00%
F/C index	.21		.22

Note: We are aware that the numbers in the "female" column do not add up properly. The original Hall/Van de Castle manuscript had incorrect numbers as well, and it is impossible to ascertain the true figures because a number of the dream reports are missing. Basically, though, we can deduce that if we could examine the raw data again, we'd find that the "befriender," "befriended," "reciprocal," and "mutual" figures would gain a little bit. Fortunately, the missing data doesn't significantly change our key indicators of Befriender Percent or Dreamer-Involved Friendliness Percent.

Subclasses of Friendliness

	Male		Female
	f	%	f	%
7. Marriage	11	04%	23	07%
6. Physical	23	09%	25	08%
5. Inviting, dating	19	08%	47	15%
4. Helping, protecting	106	42%	99	32%
3. Gift, loan	27	11%	32	10%
2. Verbal	50	20%	59	19%
1. Covert	14	06%	23	07%
Total Friendliness	250	100%	308	100%

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