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Nika Kovačič

3 papers in the library · publishing 2026

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The lifeworld of people who ruminate

dCOBISS.SI Digital Repository July 16, 2026 Aleš. autoth(SI-MaCOB)387237891 Oblak, Sara Rigler, Nika Kovačič et al.

Background: Ruminations are persistent, repetitive, and often distressing thoughts centered on negative events, mood states, and psychiatric symptoms. Recognized as a maladaptive cognitive process, ruminating contributes to the onset and persistence of psychiatric disorders and is strongly linked to negative emotional states, self-criticism, and suicidality. Despite its clinical significance, a...

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1649971/full (opens in new tab) Lifeworld Ruminating Perspective graphical Interpretative phenomenological analysis +17

From self-narration to a worldview: a phenomenological, narratological, and linguistic case study of a patient with a complex clinical picture of bipolar disorder

Frontiers in Psychiatry January 20, 2026 Aleš Oblak, Marko Vrbnjak, Alina Holnthaner et al.

Background: Comorbidity of bipolar disorder and aspects of neurodevelopmental disorders present unique challenges and opportunities in understanding the formation and maintenance of selfhood and worldview in psychopathology. Traditional cognitive models often overlook the narrative and phenomenological dimensions of patient experience, particularly how autobiographical narration and emotionally...

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1648141 (opens in new tab) Multidisciplinary approach Bipolar disorder Interpretative phenomenological analysis Narrative review +6

The lifeworld of people who ruminate: a qualitative phenomenological study.

Frontiers in Psychiatry 2026 Aleš Oblak, Sara Rigler, Nika Kovačič et al.

Ruminations are persistent, repetitive, and often distressing thoughts centered on negative events, mood states, and psychiatric symptoms. Recognized as a maladaptive cognitive process, ruminating contributes to the onset and persistence of psychiatric disorders and is strongly linked to negative emotional states, self-criticism, and suicidality. Despite its clinical significance, a...

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1649971 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Depression Lifeworld analysis Micro-phenomenology Phenomenological psychopathology +2