LDCQ Lucid Dream ControlQuestionnaire & profile tool
Research questionnaire

Lucid Dream Control
Questionnaire (LDCQ)

The LDCQ asks how often you can deliberately and successfully influence different aspects of your lucid dreams. Your answers are summarized as control and engagement scores for seven domains.

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36 items7 control domains10–15 minutes
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About the questionnaire

A lucid dream is a dream in which you know that you are dreaming. Being aware that you are dreaming does not automatically mean that you can influence the dream. The LDCQ assesses how often you can deliberately and successfully exert different forms of control in your lucid dreams, across seven theoretically derived domains.

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Domains

Seven proposed domains of lucid dream control

01Own cognition

Maintain lucidity, intentions, focus and stability.

02Own emotion

Regulate fear, excitement and emotional state.

03Own body

Intentionally alter features and sensations of the dream body.

04Own movement

Initiate and control movement within the dream.

05Characters

Influence, summon and interact with dream characters.

06Environment

Change objects, places and the surrounding dream scene.

07Physics

Influence gravity, time and other dream-world constraints.

Theoretical model

Internally and externally directed control

The seven LDCQ domains distinguish internally directed control of the dream self from externally directed control over the dream world. Read the review

Internal / Dream Self Control

Own cognitionOwn emotionOwn bodyOwn movement
Lucid
Dream
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External / Dream World Control

CharactersEnvironmentPhysics
Theoretical review

Bonamino, C., & Peters, E. (2026). Lucid dream control: Mechanisms, challenges and future directions. Journal of Sleep Research, e70449.

doi.org/10.1111/jsr.70449
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Scoring

Two complementary scores

C

Dream Control Score

How often you successfully achieve a form of dream control when you intentionally attempt it. Scores range from 0 to 1.

E

Dream Engagement Score

How broadly you have engaged with the different control behaviours represented within each domain. Scores range from 0 to 1.

“N.A.” means you have never attempted that form of dream control. It is excluded from the Control Score rather than treated as a failure. If all items of a domain are marked “N.A.”, the Control Score for that domain is reported as not estimable.

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Research basis

Research background

The LDCQ was developed and preliminarily evaluated in a sample of 114 lucid dreamers. Internal consistency was good in all domains, and scores correlated strongly with the control items of the Lucid Dreaming Skills Questionnaire (LUSK). The refined 36-item version still requires independent psychometric evaluation.

ArticleLucid Dream Control Questionnaire (LDCQ): Development and Preliminary Evaluation

Emma Peters · Daniel Erlacher · Clarita Bonamino

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