Adults' dreams. The first step of characterization using transactional analysis

• Marika Oracz

  Jan Długosz University

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4877-7164

• Kinga Tworzowska

  Jan Długosz University

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5596-7572

• Paulina Jędrczyk

  Jan Dlugosz University

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5236-1164

• Anna Pierzchała

  Jan Długosz University

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9529-5398

The article is a report from the first stage of the research conducted by the authors and con- cerning human dreams. The aim of the study was to create a foundation for the characteristics of dreams from the point of view of perceiving the concept of passivity and activating ego states in the light of Transactional Analysis. The analyses were conducted in the qualitative paradigm, showing dream categories and presenting their dominance in particular research groups created in accordance to the participants’ sex, age, and the way of conducting the research, which is to constitute the foundation for further characteristics realised in the light of Transactional Analysis.

1. Marika Oracz, Jan Długosz University

   Marika Oracz - a graduate of Psychoprophylaxis at the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa. Transactional analysis passionate, a graduate of the course "Transactional analysis as not only a psychotherapeutic concept". Zumba Fitness instructor and free time animator for children. In her spare time, she helps people experiencing a homeless crisis as a street worker and helps children in difficult situations at the Academy of the Future.

2. Kinga Tworzowska, Jan Długosz University

   Kinga Tworzowska - graduate of Psychoprophylaxis at the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa. Transactional Analysis passionate, a graduate of the course "Transactional analysis as not only a psychotherapeutic concept". In his free time, she conducts workshops for the elderly and works in a psychological laboratory, which specializes in conducting psychological tests for drivers.

3. Paulina Jędrczyk, Jan Dlugosz University

   Paulina Jędrczyk - a graduate of Psychoprophylaxis at the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa. Transactional analysis passionate, a graduate of the course "Transactional analysis as not only a psychotherapeutic concept". In her spare time, she deals with activities aimed at reducing "hate" on the Internet, mainly in the field of video games.

4. Anna Pierzchała, Jan Długosz University

   Anna Pierzchała, PhD - an employee of the JDU since 2005. From the beginning of her scientific activity, she has been exploring the possibilities of using transactional analysis in education. Her doctoral dissertation (2012) concerned the phenomenon of school passivity in the perspective of transactional analysis. Member of the Educational Transaction Analysis Research Team at the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa, graduate of a number of training courses in the field of transactional analysis. The concept of AT she also useing in educational practice - she is the author of the program developing the social competences of children at the Little Professor's University. The program has been implemented in primary school and kindergarten in Sosnowiec (Poland) since 2018.

   Additionally, she is a pedagogical therapist in the field of working with a child with dyslexia, ADHD and behavioral disorders. She has a tutor certificate. For over a dozen years, she has been conducting workshops on the development of social skills, including integration workshops, effective communication workshops, workshops on social and educational skills, workshops on group work techniques, as well as a number of classes in the field of pedagogical therapy.

   She is the author of two books (one co-authored) and over 50 scientific articles. Most of them concern the concept of transactional analysis.

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