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The Journal of Psychology

ISSN 0022-3980

22 papers in the library · 638 citations · publishing 1954-2026

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Unlocking Flow Through Mindfulness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

The Journal of Psychology 2026 Yvain Longaretti, Guy Cheron, David Zarka

Flow, a state of deep absorption in an activity, is linked to enhanced performance and well-being. Mindfulness, emphasizing present-moment awareness and acceptance, may promote flow. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the impact of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on flow state and trait in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Following PRISMA guidelines, PubMed, Scopus,...

DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2025.2575309 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Attention regulation Athletes Executive function Positive psychology +1

Comparing the Effects of Loving-Kindness Meditation (LKM), Music and LKM Plus Music on Psychological Well-Being

The Journal of Psychology December 28, 2018 Susan Sorensen, Stanley R. Steindl, Genevieve A. Dingle et al. 30 citations

Loving-kindness meditation (LKM), a meditative practice directing caring feelings toward self and others, is a popular, evidence-base approach to increasing well-being. Music listening is also a popular form of emotion regulation used to enhance well-being. This interdisciplinary study evaluated a novel intervention called Convergence-combining LKM with accompanying classical guitar music-and...

DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2018.1516610 (opens in new tab)

Relation Between Waking Sport Activities, Reading, and Dream Content in Sport Students and Psychology Students

The Journal of Psychology May 1, 2008 Michael Schredl, Daniel Erlacher 46 citations

The continuity hypothesis in its general form states that dreams reflect waking life: concerns, thoughts, and experiences (G. W. Domhoff, 1996; M. Schredl, 1999; I. Strauch & B. Meier, 1996). For example, athletes and sport students dream about sports more often than do psychology students, presumably reflecting their engagement in sport activities and sport theory (D. Erlacher & M. Schredl,...

DOI: 10.3200/jrlp.142.3.267-276 (opens in new tab) Dream Reading process Content measure theory Athletes +4

Self-Reported Effects of Dreams on Waking-Life Creativity: An Empirical Study

The Journal of Psychology 2007 Michael Schredl, Daniel Erlacher 62 citations

The authors studied the self-rated effect of dreams on creativity in participants who were not selected for creative abilities. Students (N = 444) and online respondents (N = 636) answered a questionnaire about dreams and creative dreams. In addition, the students completed several personality measures and creativity scales. Results indicated that dreams that stimulated waking-life creativity...

DOI: 10.3200/jrlp.141.1.35-46 (opens in new tab) Creativity Dream Personality Psychotherapist

Contribution of religiousness in the prediction and interpretation of mystical experiences in a sensory deprivation context: activation of religious schemas.

The Journal of Psychology July 1, 2006 Pehr Granqvist, Marcus Larsson 31 citations

M. A. Persinger (2002) claimed that transcranial magnetic stimulation with weak, complex magnetic fields evokes mystical experiences. However, in a double-blind experiment, P. Granqvist, M. Fredrikson, P. Unge, A. Hagenfeldt, S. Valind., et al. (2005) found no effects of field exposure on mystical experiences (N = 89), though a minority of participants reported spontaneous mystical experiences....

DOI: 10.3200/jrlp.140.4.319-327 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab)

Typical Dreams: Stability and Gender Differences

The Journal of Psychology 2004 Michael Schredl, Petra Ciric, Simon GÖtz et al. 106 citations

Although the variability of dream content is large, typical dream themes that occur quite often and are reported by many people can be identified (e.g., being chased, falling, flying, failing an examination, being unable to find a toilet or restroom). The present study is an investigation of the stability of the rank order of the dream themes and of gender differences in the content of dreams....

DOI: 10.3200/jrlp.138.6.485-494 (opens in new tab) Dream Content measure theory Meaning existential Content analysis +4

Dream Sharing: A Case Study

The Journal of Psychology March 1, 1994 William J. Davis, Marcos G. Frank 1 citation

Dream reports were tape recorded each morning independently for 10 weeks by both members of an adult heterosexual couple who alleged they regularly shared dreams. The transcribed reports were evaluated blind by 12 trained analysts using quantitative dream-content analysis. The couple had identified 13 pairs of dreams (17% of the sample) as shared. The mean percentage content overlap score of...

DOI: 10.1080/00223980.1994.9712717 (opens in new tab)

The Effects of Positive and Negative Pre-Sleep Stimuli on Dream Experiences

The Journal of Psychology 1988 Kimberly A. Carpenter 8 citations

In this study, the emotional and physical content of dreams was examined with post-sleep reports. In the first phase of the study, 45 students were asked to keep a dream diary for a week. The next week, the students were asked to look at a picture with positive, neutral, or negative affect in the evening before going to bed and then to record their dreams the following morning. Results showed...

DOI: 10.1080/00223980.1988.10542940 (opens in new tab)

A Comparison of the Emotional Content of Dreams Recalled by Young and Elderly Women

The Journal of Psychology 1984 Kenneth A. Blick, Joan B. Howe 22 citations

Twenty-four college and 37 elderly women kept diaries for six weeks, at the end of which they voluntarily submitted them for analysis. The college women selected significantly more emotions for their dreams than did the elderly women. Enjoyment-joy accounted for a significantly higher proportion of emotions in dreams of elderly than in those of college women; but anger-rage and fear-terror...

DOI: 10.1080/00223980.1984.9923629 (opens in new tab)

Encoding and decoding of connected discourse during altered states of consciousness.

The Journal of Psychology 1976 D. Edwards, J. A. Harris, R. Biersner

The following hypotheses were investigated in a study of memory recall and an altered state of consciousness: (a) A direct relationship was expected between the magnitude of correct responses and task complexity. (b) Semantic context variation was expected to cause greater impairment in verbal processing than variation in syntactic constraints. (c) Under N2O fewer correct responses in verbal...

DOI: 10.1080/00223980.1976.9921340 (opens in new tab)

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (Lsd-25): Xvi. the Effect on Intellectual Functioning as Measured By the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale

The Journal of Psychology October 1, 1955 Adam I. Levine, Harold A. Abramson, S. Markham 21 citations

(1955). Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (Lsd-25): Xvi. the Effect on Intellectual Functioning as Measured By the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale. The Journal of Psychology: Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 385-395.

DOI: 10.1080/00223980.1955.9712992 (opens in new tab) Lysergic acid diethylamide

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (Lsd-25): Ix. Effect on Snails

The Journal of Psychology October 1, 1955 Harold A. Abramson, Murray E. Jarvik 10 citations

"Certain species of snails are at least as sensitive to lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25) as are the Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens). Ambularia cuprina (Mystery Snail) responds to LSD-25 with a typical, persistent, disorganized movement of the gastropod. This movement persists many hours and markedly alters the behavior of the snail. D-1-bromlysergic acid diethylamide (BOL-148) does...

DOI: 10.1080/00223980.1955.9712988 (opens in new tab) Lysergic acid diethylamide Snail Fish <actinopterygii> Zoology